[sword-devel] Using Perl script usfm2osos.pl in Windows?

[Daniel Owens]

It is capable of handling multiple files. Typically Paratext has one 
file for each book of the Bible, so that is why it handles those files 
that way.

I remember running into this problem in Windows, but I don't remember 
how I solved it. I think I switched my OS. :) I agree this utility 
should be more Windows-friendly. I just don't know how to do it.

Daniel

On 04/11/2011 08:21 AM, Greg Hellings wrote:
> David,
>
> I haven't used usfm2osis.pl, but are you sure it is capable of
> handling multiple files at one time anywhere? Usually the file glob is
> expanded by the shell (at least in the Unix world) so the program will
> actually receive multiple distinct arguments expanded out to match
> each file in the glob. I thought Windows operated the same way.
> Perhaps usfm2osis.pl is designed to be executed in a loop? From bash
> they are very easy to write:
> for file in $(ls *.usfm); do usfm2osis.pl $file; done
>
> Additionally, if you operate in Windows and are actually doing
> anything of consequence on the command line with Perl programs, you
> should probably switch to using Cygwin or MSYS as they will behave
> more reasonably than cmd.exe does. Cygwin will also have its own
> version of Perl available for your use and should behave the same as
> usfm2osis.pl.
>
> --Greg
>
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 7:01 AM, David Haslam<dfhmch at googlemail.com>  wrote:
>> Can anyone help?
>>
>> CrossWire utilities written as Perl scripts such as usfm2osis.pl seem to be
>> designed for Unix users only!
>>
>> This utility does not work when given with a wildcard to specify the USFM
>> files.
>>
>> It does work, however, for each individual USFM file when each
>> case-sensitive filename is specified exactly.
>>
>> I suspect that all such Perl scripts do not contain any code for
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glob_%28programming%29 globbing  Windows
>> filename wildcard patterns.
>>
>> I'm not a Perl programmer. What is needed is for someone who is both a Perl
>> programmer and familiar with using Perl in the Windows environment to
>> improve all such scripts such that they are no longer a stumbling block for
>> users who prefer Windows.
>>
>> btw. I have ActivePerl installed in my PC.
>>
>> David Haslam
>>
>>
>>
>>
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