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exiftool

package module

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Versions in this module

v0

v0.5.2

Oct 4, 2026

v0.5.1

Sep 29, 2026

Changes in this version

+ var ErrTimeout = errors.New("exiftool: command timed out")

type Server

+ func (e *Server) SetTimeout(d time.Duration)

v0.5.0

Sep 28, 2026

Changes in this version

+ var Arg1 string

+ var Config string

+ var Exec string = "exiftool"

+ func Command(stdin io.Reader, arg ...string) (stdout []byte, err error)

+ func CommandContext(ctx context.Context, stdin io.Reader, arg ...string) (stdout []byte, err error)

+ func DefaultSplitter(data []byte, atEOF bool) (advance int, token []byte, err error)

+ func Unmarshal(data []byte, m map[string][]byte) error

+ type Server struct

+ func NewServer(commonArg ...string) (*Server, error)

+ func NewServerCh(chout chan<- string, splitFunc bufio.SplitFunc, commonArg ...string) (*Server, error)

+ func (e *Server) Close() error

+ func (e *Server) Command(arg ...string) ([]byte, error)

+ func (e *Server) CommandCh(arg ...string) error

+ func (e *Server) Shutdown() error