Re: System path

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Re^2: System path by welle (Beadle) on Apr 30, 2011 at 12:31 UTC
just because it's German Dos... It says "file" is written wrong or the command doesn't exist Der Befehl "files" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder konnte nicht gefunden werden	[reply]
Re^3: System path by Eliya (Vicar) on Apr 30, 2011 at 12:53 UTC
As the error message suggests, it's attempting to execute a command named "files", so you could try a backslash (presuming the exe is in a subdirectory "files" — otherwise, what's the `files/` supposed to be doing?) `system ("files\\pdftotext.exe -nopgbrk -q \"$file\"" ); ^` [download] Not all components of Windows handle forward slashes and backslashes equivalently...	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: System path by welle (Beadle) on Apr 30, 2011 at 13:12 UTC
I think the error is put out when exe doesn't a right path for the PDF file...	[reply]
Re^4: System path by welle (Beadle) on Apr 30, 2011 at 13:10 UTC
"files" is just the directory containing the .exe file. Just to give you an idea. The following works fine `sub convert{ system ("files/pdftotext.exe -nopgbrk - q example.pdf" ); }` [download] It converts example.pdf in example.txt. Crazy enough I am loosing so much time for this stupid thing...	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: System path by Eliya (Vicar) on Apr 30, 2011 at 13:19 UTC
Re^4: System path by Anonymous Monk on Apr 30, 2011 at 12:57 UTC
I agree with you in principle `$ MSWin32-x86-multi-thread\perl.exe -V:sh sh='cmd /x /c'; $ MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/perl.exe -V:sh 'MSWin32-x86-multi-thread' is not recognized as an internal or externa +l command, operable program or batch file. $ "MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/perl.exe" -V:sh sh='cmd /x /c'; $ perl -e " system qq[MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/perl.exe -V:sh ] " sh='cmd /x /c'; $ perl -e " system q[MSWin32-x86-multi-thread\perl.exe -V:sh ] " sh='cmd /x /c';` [download]	[reply] [d/l]