-strip erroneously overrides -comment

[ramalama]

if i do

convert -strip -comment "hello" a.jpg b.jpg

then the "hello" comment is not included in b.jpg.

-strip thus seems to override my -comment option.

this seems wrong.

-strip should remove all OLD meta data included in a.jpg
-comment should add my comments to b.jpg

can this please be fixed for the next release?

any workarounds for the current version would be appreciated.

[magick]

Try this command to retain the image comment:

• convert a.jpg -strip -set comment "hello" b.jpg

[anthony]

Simpley put, read in the image first, and do things in the order wanted.

This could be called the motto of IM version 6

[ramalama]

brilliant. i was not aware of the "-set" option, as it was not listed in my outdated manual file. thanks!