[libreoffice-users] Re: Invoking cli while an instance already runs.

Paul Chavent <paul.chavent <at> fnac.net> writes:

> Thank Regina.
>
> I will try on those other lists...
>
> Le 11/13/2011 01:21 PM, Regina Henschel a écrit :
> > Hi Paul,
> >
> > Paul Chavent schrieb:
> > > With
> > >
> > > soffice.bin -env:UserInstallation=~/.libreoffice_cli/ --headles
> > > --infilter="Thomas" --convert-to odt test.xml
> > >
> > > The application cannot be started.
> > > [context="shared"] caught unexpected exception!
> >
> > It seems, that -env does not work from command line. I have tried it with a 
Windows desktop link (WinXP), and
> there it works.
> > I think, that you do not need --headless because that is automatically done 
in --convert-to.
> > This is a very special question. So you might get a skilled help on the 
developer mailinglist [1] or on
> developer IRC [2].
> > [1] libreoffice <at> lists.freedesktop.org
> > [2] irc://chat.freenode.net/libreoffice-dev
> >
> > Kind regards
> > Regina

Paul, I am running Debian on a desktop computer.  I generally have LibreOffice 
running with one or more documents open.  I also use a number of scripts that 
take advantage of a separate headless isntance of LibreOffice to convert files 
to pdf and other formats.

What I did was to make a copy of the ~/.libreoffice directory, calling it 
something line ~/.libreoffice-cli.  The normal working instance of LibreOffice 
will use the ~/.libreoffice environment.  The script will use the 
~/.libreoffice-cli environment with the following system call:

"soffice --headless -env:UserInstallation=file:///home/[USER]/.libreoffice-cli/ 
-convert-to pdf -outdir /tmp [FILENAME]"

I don't know if there is a better way, but this works flawlessly for me.  I hope 
it helps you.





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