# exiftool-vendored.exe

Provides the win32 distribution of [ExifTool](http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/) to [node](https://nodejs.org/en/).

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## Usage

**See
[exiftool-vendored](https://github.com/photostructure/exiftool-vendored.js) for
performant, type-safe access to this binary.**

## Thanks to Oliver Betz!

This module heavily depends on [Oliver Betz's portable Perl
launcher](https://oliverbetz.de/pages/Artikel/Portable-Perl-Applications) which leverages Strawberry Perl. [Read more
here.](https://oliverbetz.de/pages/Artikel/ExifTool-for-Windows)

## Versioning

This package exposes the version of ExifTool it vendors, and adds a patch number, if necessary, to follow SemVer.