Re: Is this feasible?

If you type all the commands in to the terminal and separate them with
'&&', it should work. '&&' means continue if there weren't errors.
You could also use ';' which means continue regardless.

Post the commands you're using and we can tell you.

On 2/9/07, jimw wagner <jpw@sasktel.net> wrote:
> I'm dealing with a number of pdf's. While I can read pdf's easily
> enough on screen, if I crank up the zoom, the printing size in pdf's is
> terribly small. (Particularly when you're trying to distinguish
> cuneiform signs.)
>
> However, I can use pdftoppm to switch the pdf to a list of ppms. ppms
> take up a large amount of space, and are a little difficult to fool
> around with. So, using optipng, I batch-convert them all to pngs, which
> need a lot less memory, and can (usually) be increased to a usable size.
>
> So, what I want to know is, is it feasible to run pdftoppm (on a 50-200
> page pdf) and pipe the result into optipng to change it into pngs in one
> total operation? Or would this do such things as using so much
> resources that my machine would freeze, or send error messages such as
> "Error- Idiot operating the computer. fetch sane person and try again."
>
> Of course, the second thing is, if this is feasible, what would one put
> into the terminal? This is all Assuming that I operate from the same
> directory as the pdf I'm attacking.
>
> Thanks,
>
> JimW
>
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Received on Fri Feb 9 19:28:55 2007