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Question: why does updated youtube-dl show a different version than modified date? #16213
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This is a simple question. In Linux (Mint 18.1) should the "date modified" date of youtube-dl be the same as shown if I run $ youtube-dl --version?
Because on my system (Mint 18.1), they aren't the same.
I actually have 2 files named youtube-dl.
One is in /usr/bin, which I'm pretty sure was installed & updated, using a PPA in Mint's repo. it's a small file - 87 bytes. It has date modified 2018.04.03, but shows a version 2018.04.09. From the date modified 2018.04.03, it looks like the last time it was updated via the PPA / Mint's update manager.
The other youtube-dl is in /usr/local/bin. It's date modified is 2018.04.15, which I assume is the one just updated today - via command line?
But why does "youtube-dl --version, return 2018.04.09, and not 2018.04.15 or 2018.04.16 (with prompt cd'd to /usr/local/bin)?
Your site says it's "release 2018.04.16," but that's not what the version command OR modified date shows.
Looking at that file modified on 2018.04.15 in a hex editor shows the string "2018.04.09" - the same as the version command shows for it.
** Should I even have 2 copies of youtube-dl in 2 paths?
One in /usr/bin, that's only 87 bytes was probably installed along w/ youtube-dlg, from the PPA in Mint. Youtube-dlg is in the same directory.
The other yt-dl is in /usr/local/bin; is 1.6 MB, shows the modified date 2018.04.15, but --version command shows a different version (apparently) than either of the 2 files' modified dates.
I can't wait for the latest releases to show up - even in the PPA. It's too far behind & sometimes the latest fixes are critical for it to work.
If you could advise on what to do with these files & why the returned versions seem wrong, I'd appreciate it.