Re: [BULK] Re: batch file for dia execution under Windows

[Lars Clausen <lars raeder dk>]

On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 09:25 -0400, Clyde Roby wrote:
> Steffen,
> 
> > > My DOS batch file, which runs in an MS Command Prompt window, contains
> > > over 3000 lines; each line is of the following general format:
> > >
> > >        dia -e output.png -t png input.dia
> > 
> > If I understand Lars correctly, try
> > 
> > dia -t png input1.dia input2.dia input3.dia
> > 
> > to create
> > 
> > input1.png
> > input2.png
> > input3.png
> > 
> > That should drastically reduce the dia startup overhead.
> 
> The above assumes that the created .png files are in the same
> directory as the input .dia files.  If the input .dia files are in a
> different directory that where I want to place the created .png files,
> would the following still reduce the dia startup overhead?
> 
> dia -t png inputdir\input1.dia inputdir\input2.dia -e outputdir
> 
> or should the command line be:
> 
> dia -t png inputdir\input1.dia inputdir\input2.dia -e outputdir\input1.png outputdir\input2.png

Neither will give you the desired effect.  When -e is given, it is
exactly the name of the output *file*.  I suppose it would be a nice
touch if it used the directory if such was given, but it doesn't at the
moment.  You'll just have to move the files after conversion.

-Lars