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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers epstopdf for multiple files using makefile Post 302402186 by wwoord on Tuesday 9th of March 2010 07:05:35 AM
Old 03-09-2010
Bug epstopdf for multiple files using makefile
Greetings!

I'm fairly new to the unix world and I hope someone here can help me with my question. I'm using a Makefile to run a few programs and the final output is several .eps files. However I need them to be .pdf files, so I want to use epstopdf to convert the files.

Since I'm already using a Makefile I'd like to just add an extra line to the file, so I tried:
Code:
convert:
  epstopdf `find -name '*eps'`

however this doesn't work, because epstopdf has too many inputfiles! Any help in how to change this such that epstopdf is called for all the .eps files separately is much appreciated. I still want to be able to just add a (few) lines to my Makefile though.

Cheers!

wwoord

---------- Post updated at 12:40 PM ---------- Previous update was at 12:30 PM ----------

Hi all,

problem solved already, by looking in to other threads on this forum with similar problems. I changed the code to:
Code:
convert:
  ls *.eps | awk '{system("epstopdf "$0 )}'

now epstopdf is called for each .eps file one at a time.

Cheers!

---------- Post updated at 01:05 PM ---------- Previous update was at 12:40 PM ----------

Hi all,

just a quick update, the command I posted works fine:
Code:
ls *.eps | awk '{system("epstopdf "$0 )}'

however in a makefile $ is interpreted as a user variable, so this doesn't work:
Code:
convert: 
  ls *.eps | awk '{system("epstopdf "$0 )}'

adding an extra $ fixes this and now it works fine if called from a makefile!
Code:
convert: 
  ls *.eps | awk '{system("epstopdf "$$0 )}'

 

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LEARN ABOUT SUSE

pstopdf

PSTOPDF(1)							      ConTeXt								PSTOPDF(1)

NAME

       pstopdf - convert EPS to PDF

SYNOPSIS

       pstopdf [ OPTION ...  ] FILE [ ...  ]

DESCRIPTION

       pstopdf converts EPS (encapsulated PostScript) to PDF.

OPTIONS

       --help Print usage and version information.

       --convert
	      Convert EPS to PDF.  This option is assumed if none is given.

       --method=string
	      What  method  to use for bounding boxes when converting to PDF.  Specify one of crop, bounded (the default), or raw.  Older versions
	      of ConTeXt used numerical methods (1, 2, or 3).

       --resolution=string
	      The resolution to use when when converting to pdf.  Specify one of low, normal, medium, high,  printer,  print,  screen,	ebook,	or
	      default.

       --request
	      Handle exa request file.

       --watch
	      Watch folders for conversions (untested).

EXAMPLES

       To make cow.pdf:
	  pstopdf cow.eps
       or (one of several equivalents):
	  pstopdf --convert cow.eps cow.pdf

SEE ALSO

       epstopdf(1), mptopdf(1), ps2pdf(1), texexec(1).

       ConTeXt wiki <http://www.contextgarden.net>.

AUTHOR

       This (incomplete) manual page was written by Sanjoy Mahajan <sanjoy@mit.edu>.  It is in the public domain.

pstopdf 2.0							   December 2006							PSTOPDF(1)
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