I have an application that converts PDFs to individual EPS files. When
it does so, it creates a subdirectory with the same name as the original
filename and puts all of the resulting EPS files it creates into that
directory. Well, I have to do a lot of scripting and stuff on those EPS
files. To automate this, I need to know what the directory name is that
it put the files. The application provides a variable, “%2,” just for
this purpose. I’ve gotten this %2 variable to work for me in cmd.exe.
But, I’d like it to work in RUBY. I’m sure it can be done. But, came
someone tell me how I can transfer this %2 variable from my application
to a Dir.chdir target?
Example:
A 100 page PDF comes in named IRSp590. The application creates a
subdirectory named “IRSp590.” All of the files the application creates
are put into this directory. I just need to get into that directory,
wherever it is, and do stuff to the files.
I have an application that converts PDFs to individual EPS files. When
it does so, it creates a subdirectory with the same name as the original
filename and puts all of the resulting EPS files it creates into that
directory. Well, I have to do a lot of scripting and stuff on those EPS
files. To automate this, I need to know what the directory name is that
it put the files. The application provides a variable, “%2,” just for
this purpose. I’ve gotten this %2 variable to work for me in cmd.exe.
But, I’d like it to work in RUBY. I’m sure it can be done. But, came
someone tell me how I can transfer this %2 variable from my application
to a Dir.chdir target?
%2 is the 2nd argument on the command-line, so you just have to look
for ARGV[2].
I have an application that converts PDFs to individual EPS files. When
it does so, it creates a subdirectory with the same name as the original
filename and puts all of the resulting EPS files it creates into that
directory. Well, I have to do a lot of scripting and stuff on those EPS
files. To automate this, I need to know what the directory name is that
it put the files. The application provides a variable, “%2,” just for
this purpose. I’ve gotten this %2 variable to work for me in cmd.exe.
But, I’d like it to work in RUBY. I’m sure it can be done. But, came
someone tell me how I can transfer this %2 variable from my application
to a Dir.chdir target?
%2 is the 2nd argument on the command-line, so you just have to look
for ARGV[2].
someone tell me how I can transfer this %2 variable from my application
Dir.chdir(“ARGV[2]”)?
Never the latter.
I’m presuming that what you actually have is a command-line entry box
in your Windows program:
[ post_process_script %2 ]
If that’s how you’re configuring it, then your Ruby code must be
looking for ARGV[1], not ARGV[2].
-austin
No, there’s no command line entry box. It’s just an understood variable
that the application can use in a post-processing script, which, usually
is, of course, a .cmd script. In a simple Windows script, for example,
you could do this:
cd %2
and you would go to the directory path of the file that the application
produced.
No, there’s no command line entry box. It’s just an understood variable
that the application can use in a post-processing script, which, usually
is, of course, a .cmd script. In a simple Windows script, for example,
you could do this:
cd %2
and you would go to the directory path of the file that the application
produced.
No, there’s no command line entry box. It’s just an understood variable
that the application can use in a post-processing script, which, usually
is, of course, a .cmd script. In a simple Windows script, for example,
you could do this:
cd %2
and you would go to the directory path of the file that the application
produced.
OK. Then you need ARGV[2].
-austin
Thank you!
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