Hey people,
I'm after a cool way of generating PDF's from a windows box with a Linux
server.
I have found a few ways, so far the most attractive to me seems to be this
pdf sweeper.
http://www.linux.ie/pipermail/ilug/2000-June/018505.html
The author of this script has seemed to done a good job, tho the mailing
list software has wrapped his work.
This is the script:
(includes the wrapping)
#!/bin/bash
# Postscript to PDF sweeper
# Author: Conor Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
# Date: 8th June 2000
# Converts any *.ps found in the specified directory to *.pdf and deletes
the *.ps
#
# Licensing: Use as per GPL
#
case in $#argv do #not quite sure of the syntax for "case in" "$#argv"
should give the number of arguments passed
case 3); # to the script including "$0" as the name of
the script.
cd $2
do # not quite sure of the infinite loop thing
but "do... done" should do it.
for incoming in `ls *.ps` do
outgoing=`basename $incoming ps`pdf
ps2pdf $incoming $outgoing
rm -f $incoming
done
sleep $1
done
;;
case *)
echo Useage: $0 <Delay in seconds> <Full path to Directory>
exit 0
;;
done
exit 0
# end of Postscript to PDF Sweeper
The first 3 lins of the script give me problems, I'm not sure of the case
syntax. I tried a fair few combinations but can't seem to get case figured
out.
If anyone can assist that would be great. Or even suggest a better method...
I understand ps2pdf but can't seem to get it working with printcap. Not sure
what entry to use there.
Thanks,
Dave
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