Converting .ps files to .pdf?

[thatkeith]

A friend has a very large number of .ps PostScript files and he wants to convert them to PDFs. When I say 'large number' I mean well over 1000, so doing it simply by opening and saving from Preview (he's a Mac user) is not practical. There's also a custom file naming convention he needs to use based on the .ps file locations, which is obviously very do-able in LiveCode... if I can figure out how to deal with the PostScript to PDF conversion process itself. Is this something that LiveCode can do itself? Or would this require using LC to drive other tools?

He's currently looking at Automator and getting hung up on the file naming and save location details, which currently are resisting actual automation. I'm really hoping this could be a way to show him how much more powerful LC is for this kind of thing. Assuming it can do it!

k

[Klaus]

Hi Keith,

on the Mac you could use SHELL with the build-in -> pstopdf
Enter:
man pstopdf
in the terminal to see a list of options for this command.


Best

Klaus

[thatkeith]

Hi Klaus,

This looks perfect! Thanks for this, I think I can sort out a helper tool for him that also just happens to show him how versatile LC can be.

k