Re: New behaviour with --output= option ?!

[James E. Bailey]

Yeah, I've noticed that with other software (like wget), when the  
manpage gives an option as --option=setting, it's usually better for  
me to just replace the = with a space.

Baileys are awesome!

Am 18.04.2008 um 15:02 schrieb Luc:

> Thanks to all Baileys!
>
> I am pretty sure, I got an error with earlier releases when trying  
> to output to a nonexisting folder - but be it as it is (or was)!
> what counts is to have a stable behaviour from now on.
>
> for me personnally I will just produce default output and maybe in  
> another step I will move files to other directories or I will simply  
> use a filter in my explorer.
>
> btw: I tried the version replacing the equal sign by a space and it  
> also works under windows...
>
> greeting
> Luc
>
> On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:23:12 +0200, James E. Bailey <address@hidden 
> > wrote:
>
> > Am 18.04.2008 um 10:21 schrieb Simon Bailey:
> >
> > > hi luc,
> > >
> > > On Apr 16, 2008, at 7:34 PM, Luc wrote:
> > > > new  behaviour with version 2.11.44 (windows xp)
> > > >
> > > > IIRC, when invoking lilypond, the option --output=folder directed  
> > > > all output
> > > > files to the specific folder.
> > > >
> > > > Now this has changed: If I run "lilypond --output=myOutput C: 
> > > > \myFile.ly" and
> > > > there is no folder called "myOutput" I get 2 files:
> > > >
> > > > myOutput.pdf and myOutput.ps in the folder where lilypond was  
> > > > running,
> > > >
> > > > but if a folder exists with the name "myOutput" I get 2 files:
> > > >
> > > > \myOutput\myFile.pdf and \myOutput\myFile.ps in that folder
> > > >
> > > > what's the logic or intention?
> > >
> > > iirc, this was always the way lily handled the output option.  
> > > indeed, looking at the documentation for lily 2.1, the command  
> > > line option --ouptut=FILE is described: "Set the default output  
> > > file to FILE."
> > >
> > > after running across this once or twice in larger projects i had  
> > > an alias set up which checked if my default output directory  
> > > exists and made it otherwise, then called lilypond. (btw, lilypond  
> > > 2.11.42 [on mac] shows the same behaviour as you describe above).
> > >
> > > regards,
> > > sb
> > >
> > >
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> >
> >
> > on a macintosh, at least, omitting the "=" solves the problem
>
>
>
> --
> Gruss
> Luc