On 02/27/2015 04:45 PM, Brad Cable wrote:
> "-exec" will always wait for the command to end, and that's entirely up
> to pdfstudio to do.  There could be an option to pdfstudio to release
> and fork off, but probably not.
>
> A better solution is to just generate the large list of files and pass
> them on the command line to pdfstudio all in one pdfstudio process:
>
> /opt/pdfstudio9/pdfstudio9 $(find  -maxdepth 1 -iname \*.pdf)

That is sweet!  But ... (read below)

>
> This may or may not work depending on if pdfstudio knows to read
> multiple files on the command line.  This method is the same as executing:
>
> /opt/pdfstudio9/pdfstudio9 file1.pdf file2.pdf file3.pdf

It only reads one file.  I just asked them to fix this.

>
> Assuming it supports the above, it should work.  You might have to look
> at pdfstudio's command line arguments, though.
>
> -Brad
>
>
> On 02/27/2015 06:38 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am trying to get PDF Studio to open multiple pdf's
>> from a script.  But PDF Studio will only accept one file
>> name on its command line.  But you can have multiple
>> PDF Studios open, so I tried
>>
>> 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
>>
>
>


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