Re: convert-ly question

[Phil Burfitt]

Hi Tim,


> Is there a syntax for running convert-ly on a directory without having to 
> cd into the directory and invoking
>
>       convert-ly -e *.ly
>
> There doesn’t seem to be a recursive option.  Since I’ve got .ly files in 
> 158 different directories it’d be really nice to be able to >batch update 
> them with something like:
>
>     convert-ly -e -r *.ly
>
> instead of having to cd in to 158 directories by hand.  Maybe there is good 
> reason for convert-ly not having this capability.



If you're on Windows...

   for /F "delim=" %n in ('dir /b /s *.ly') do convert-ly -e "%n"

will process all ly files in current directory and all its subdirectories.

Phil.