--overwritemax

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--overwritemax value

 

Specifies the maximum number of files to create when --overwritemode 3 is specified.

 

Controls how many unique files to create before overwriting the existing original file.   Note that this option is ignored if there is no --overwritemode option specified, or if --overwritemode 1 or --overwritemode 2 is specified.

 

By default, overwritemode 3 has a maximum of 9,999 files.  If this number has to be increased, use the --overwritemax option.

 

Note that using this option will increase the size of the suffix used in the new file name.  So for example:

 

-twainsave --filetype test.bmp --overwritemode 3 --overwritemax 10000

 

will create a file named test__00001.bmp instead of test_0001.bmp, since there will be a maximum of 10,000 files, and the file name suffix has to accommodate the names test__00001.bmp, test__00002.bmp, test__00003.bmp, etc. up to test__10000.bmp.

 

Default Setting:

The --overwritemax is 9999