What you came up with has a race condition in it and even generates the 
temp file as a static filename...

-Brad


On 02/27/2015 07:14 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
> On 02/27/2015 05:07 PM, Brad Cable wrote:
>> If each individual call to pdfstudio opens a new tab/window/whatever in
>> pdfstudio (which it sounds like it does based on the crazy script
>> ToddAndMargo says works), this should definitely work.
>>
>> -Brad
>>
>
> It does.  Much more elegant than what I came up with
>
>>
>> On 02/27/2015 07:05 PM, John Lauro wrote:
>>> Oops, I meant...
>>> find  -maxdepth 1 -iname \*.pdf -print0 | while read -d '' -r file ; do
>>>   /opt/pdfstudio9/pdfstudio9 "$file" & done
>>>
>>> but you probably caught that....
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "John Lauro" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: "ToddAndMargo" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Cc: "Brad Cable" <[log in to unmask]>, "Scientific Linux Users"
>>>> <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 8:03:50 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: need release command for find -exec
>>>>
>>>> find / -type f -print0 | while read -d '' -r file ; do
>>>> /opt/pdfstudio9/pdfstudio9 "$file" & done
>>>>
>>>> should work...
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "ToddAndMargo" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> To: "Brad Cable" <[log in to unmask]>, "Scientific Linux Users"
>>>>> <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 7:52:03 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: need release command for find -exec
>>>>>
>>>>>>> find  -maxdepth 1 -iname \*.pdf -exec /opt/pdfstudio9/pdfstudio9
>>>>>>> {} \;
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But you have to close the first instance to get the second
>>>>>>> to open, etc..
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have tried adding "&" to the end, but no syntax joy.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How to I get "-exec" to run and release, so "find" can go
>>>>>>> on to the next instance?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Many thanks,
>>>>>>> -T
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>> Computers are like air conditioners.
>>>>> They malfunction when you open windows
>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>>
>>
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