re: ps2pdf -->strange behavior
re: ps2pdf -->strange behavior
- Subject: re: ps2pdf -->strange behavior
- From: Richard Smykla <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:15:00 -0500
Bastiann,
I think you misunderstood Barry's reply. You probably need to specify
the full path of the ps2pdf executable; something like:
do shell script "cd " & (POSIX path of theFolder) & ";
/usr/local/bin/ps2pdf -r72 " &
(PSFile) & " " & (PDFFile)
Rick
Op 14-jan-05 om 15:32 heeft Barry Wainwright het volgende geschreven:
On 14/1/05 2:15 pm, "Bastiaan Boertien" <email@hidden>
wrote:
Hello list
I've installed Ghostscript on my PowerBook to make a PDF file from a
postscript file from quark.
If I do this:
set theFolder to POSIX path of "Macintosh HD:"
set PSFile to "<thefile>.ps"
set PDFFile to "<thefile>.pdf"
do shell script "cd " & (POSIX path of theFolder) & "; ps2pdf -r72 " &
(PSFile) & " " & (PDFFile)
then the script will return this:
tell current application
do shell script "cd /; ps2pdf -r72 <thefile>.ps <thefile>.pdf"
"sh: line 1: ps2pdf: command not found"
When I copy "cd /; ps2pdf -r72 <thefile>.ps <thefile>.pdf" and paste it in a
new terminal window, ps2pdf will work and i will get an pdf.
Does anyone know this problem? Or know how to solve this problem?
Greetings Bastiaan
'do shell script' uses a different shell to the terminal. It is likely that
these two shells have different $PATH variables set up. Easiest bet is to
call the script with the full path of ps2pdf.
--
Barry
Hello Barry and list
I have already tried it like this:
set PSFile to POSIX path of "Macintosh HD:<thefile>.ps"
set PDFFile to POSIX path of "Macintosh HD:<thefile>.pdf"
do shell script "ps2pdf -r72 " & (PSFile) & " " & (PDFFile)
and still the same error
tell current application
do shell script "ps2pdf -r72 /<thefile>.ps /<thefile>.pdf"
"sh: line 1: ps2pdf: command not found"
When I put a wrong input file it will return "No such file or
directory" so I don't think that the shell fail because of the path.
Greetings Bastiaan
--
Rick Smykla
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