Re: help about abc2ly

[Laura Conrad]

>>>>> "Ferdinando" == Gatti Ferdinando <address@hidden> writes:

    Ferdinando> I would like to translate some abc file to lilypond file
    Ferdinando> but I'm not able to do that.
    Ferdinando> For first I've launched the cygwin.exe and then
    Ferdinando> I've typed into the Dos window the command
    Ferdinando> abc2ly (abc filename) but it doesn't work and an errour appears:
    Ferdinando> It says: IOError: [Errno 21] No such file or directory: 
(namefile)
    Ferdinando> what's the right procedure to follow...?

That should work.  I'd recommend writing the lilypond-users mailing
list.  They may not know any more than I do about abc2ly, but some of
them know lots more than I do about the problems of using lilypond
under cygwin.

And besides, even if I know exactly what you need to know, if we do it
by private email, the reply doesn't get into the list archives to help
other people with the same problem.

Do you know what directory your abc file is in?  The first thing I'd
try is changing to that directory.  I also remember reading something
about lilypond and its associated programs having problems with
directories with spaces in their names.

So get your window in a state where you can say "ls *.abc" and see
your file name, and then try running "abc2ly file.abc".  

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