How to prevent frag files removing automatically

[Erilbeth]

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$ youtube-dl -v https://www.periscope.tv/22dakika/1ZkKzlXkOMoJv
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'https://www.periscope.tv/22dakika/1ZkKzlXkOMoJv']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.04.17
[debug] Python version 2.7.5 - Linux-3.10.0-514.10.2.el7.x86_64-x86_64-with-centos-7.3.1611-Core
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-83902-ge90ad88, ffprobe N-83902-ge90ad88
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[periscope] 1ZkKzlXkOMoJv: Downloading JSON metadata
[periscope] 1ZkKzlXkOMoJv: Downloading JSON metadata
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://prod-video-us-west-2.periscope.tv/NzTclw-9UB2h7yef2Bi7W4YnQjqNZNmjQq9Ywaz023wmqxNlup9qItkT3bo8HZLxsk2Wdg2S9niFOWoUQCu_PA==/replay/us-west-2/periscope-replay-direct-live/playlist.m3u8'
[hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest
[hlsnative] Total fragments: 142
[download] Destination: 22dakika - Canlı posketimiz başladı...-1ZkKzlXkOMoJv.mp4
[download] 100% of 33.65MiB in 01:32
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffprobe -show_streams 'file:22dakika - Canlı posketimiz başladı...-1ZkKzlXkOMoJv.mp4'
[ffmpeg] Fixing malformated aac bitstream in "22dakika - Canlı posketimiz başladı...-1ZkKzlXkOMoJv.mp4"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -i 'file:22dakika - Canlı posketimiz başladı...-1ZkKzlXkOMoJv.mp4' -c copy -f mp4 -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc 'file:22dakika - Canlı posketimiz başladı...-1ZkKzlXkOMoJv.temp.mp4' 

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During the download process 142 fragments of mp4 downloaded. When the download finished, fragments have removed immediately. Is there any way to prevent removing frag files? I need every one of them to edit myself.

[dstftw]

Carefully read new issue template and provide all requested information.

[Erilbeth]

After update, may issue open again?

[dstftw]

--keep-fragments. Wait for the next release.