[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Make the ffmpeg "Overwrite ? [y/N]" question works with more than one file to overwrite

Michael Niedermayer michaelni
Sat Mar 14 02:30:20 CET 2009


On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 01:14:13AM +0100, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> On date Wednesday 2009-03-11 01:42:10 +0100, Michael Niedermayer encoded:
> > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 09:36:00PM +0100, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > I recently stepped into this:
> > > stefano at geppetto ~/s/ffmpeg> ffmpeg -i in123.mpeg out0.avi out1.ogg -y -map 0:2 -map 0:1
> > > [...]
> > > Input #0, mpeg, from 'in123.mpeg':
> > >   Duration: 00:03:40.05, start: 0.500000, bitrate: 81 kb/s
> > >     Stream #0.0[0x1c0]: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 64 kb/s
> > >     Stream #0.1[0x1c1]: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 64 kb/s
> > >     Stream #0.2[0x1c2]: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 64 kb/s
> > > File 'out0.avi' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] y   
> > > File 'out1.ogg' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N]
> > > Not overwriting - exiting
> > > 
> > > After the first question is replied, the stdin buffer still contains
> > > the '\n' buffered, then ffmpeg read from it with getchar(), get a
> > > '\n', which is different from 'Y' and abort immediately.
> > > 
> > > Patch fixes it.
> > > 
> > > Regards.
> > > -- 
> > > FFmpeg = Fast and Faboulous Most Picky Energized Gorilla
> > 
> > > Index: ffmpeg.c
> > > ===================================================================
> > > --- ffmpeg.c	(revision 17926)
> > > +++ ffmpeg.c	(working copy)
> > > @@ -3362,12 +3362,13 @@
> > >               filename[1] == ':' ||
> > >               av_strstart(filename, "file:", NULL))) {
> > >              if (url_exist(filename)) {
> > > -                int c;
> > > +                char c, line[256];
> > >  
> > >                  if (!using_stdin) {
> > >                      fprintf(stderr,"File '%s' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] ", filename);
> > >                      fflush(stderr);
> > > -                    c = getchar();
> > > +                    fgets(line, sizeof(line), stdin);
> > > +                    sscanf(line, "%c", &c);
> > 
> > what weird mess is this ?
> > getchar();getchar()
> 
> underkill, what if the user prints more than one character?

if the user enters more than 2 chars to a question asking for one
then interpreting this as 'y' is maybe not such a good idea.

also, from a user POV, just having to press y and no enter would be nice

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