Can you do something along the lines of <progname> *.CAD? WMM
On 10/22/05, Randall Barlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I looked at xargs, and you are right. I really do need to discritize > ~350 CAD files all at once, not in several runs. I will try and see if > the command shell can handle 350 arguments. Some say it can and others > say it can't. But I do have the option of reading an input file if > necessary, so no worries, just more coding! Thanks for all the helpful > and informative responses, TriLUG is awesome! > > Randy > > Rick DeNatale wrote: > > > I don't think that xargs will help in this case. It really helps if > > > >the program getting the arguments treats all of the arguments in the > >same way and it doesn't matter if you process the arguments in > >chunks. However, in a follow up to a question the OP described his > >program as: > > > > It's a program that takes .STL CAD files as input as discritizes the > > solids in 3D space. > > > >Which sounds to me as though it needs ALL of the arguments at once, or > >at the very least the arguments would need to be chunked intelligently > >so that the arguments related to a particular solid don't get split > >between two invocations. Unless we're talking about 300 cad files, in > >which case I'll do my Emily Latella impression. <G> > > > >It seems to me that the original question is one of those which needs > >to be "unasked" (does anyone still read "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle > >Maintenance" anymore?). That much data really should be fed to the > >program either via a file or stdin. > > > >-- > >Rick DeNatale > > > >Visit the Project Mercury Wiki Site > >http://www.mercuryspacecraft.com/ > > > > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- http://warrenmyers.com "God may not play dice with the universe, but something strange is going on with the prime numbers." --Paul Erdős
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