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Opened Jan 13, 2021 by slrslr@slrslr

(mkvextract) Error: No EBML head found. ; empty the source file without asking

Hello, on Manjaro(Arch) i have built mkvtoolnix-git package r13594.7d32fdf2-1

$ cd /path/to/mkvs/
$ mkvextract tracks "file.mkv" 1:"file.mkv"
Extracting track 1 with the CodecID 'A_AAC' to the file 'file.mkv'. Container format: raw AAC file with ADTS headers
Error: (mkvextract) Error: No EBML head found.

As you can see i have accidentally missed the .srt extension at the end of the command. Please kindly prevent the mkvextract to create new file into the source file or if not possible, warn, ask to overwrite.

Edited Jan 13, 2021 by slrslr
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Reference: mbunkus/mkvtoolnix#3001