Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: --convert-to issue

Hi :)
It is possible to still get earlier versions of LO!  Install in
parallel or into a virtual machine or on a dual-boot or something.
The "in parallel is probably easiest unless you already have another
reason for having a vm or dual-boot.
Regards from
Tom :)

On 6 March 2014 01:51, Steve Edmonds <steve.edmonds@ptglobal.com> wrote:
> On 2014-03-06 14:35, Ed_0 wrote:
> > On 05/03/14 20:07, gibi wrote:
> > > On 05/03/2014 20:16, Steve Edmonds wrote:
> > > > On 2014-03-06 05:51, Ed_0 wrote:
> > > > > On 05/03/14 10:08, e-letter wrote:
> > > > > > On 04/03/2014, Ed_0 <x97_m@mail.ru> wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I would like to know, why does libreoffice open up after running in a
> > > > > > > terminal "libreoffice --convert-to odt *.doc?
> > > > > > It should not do this. Check your installation again. (E.g:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/users%40global.libreoffice.org/msg12280.html
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/users%40global.libreoffice.org/msg33265.html
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > What if I want a recursive behaviour?
> > > > > > Try:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > libreoffice --convert-to odt ./*.doc
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > 1) Hmm, I didn't understand those links, the errors displayed are
> > > > > these:
> > > > >
> > > > > javaldx: Could not find a Java Runtime Environment!
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Warning: failed to read path from javaldx
> > > > >
> > > > > 2) I'm not an expert or a sysadmin but I read some books about Linux.
> > > > > ls
> > > > > and ls . or ls ./ is the same.
> > > > >
> > > > > 3) I tried with - $ libreoffice --headless --convert-to odt $(ls -R)
> > > > >          - $ libreoffice --headless --convert-to odt < file < ls -R
> > > > >          - $ libreoffice --headless --convert-to odt $(find . -name
> > > > > "*.docx*")
> > > > >          - $ libreoffice --headless --convert-to odt $(find . -name
> > > > > "*.docx*")
> > > > > --outdir dir/
> > > > >
> > > > > and it didn't work out...
> > > > >
> > > > > I know very little Bash and some C. I think a script it's a better
> > > > > idea.
> > > > > It has to execute the libreoffice command in each directory so that the
> > > > > outdir is "that" directory.
> > > > >
> > > > > I wish somebody could code it. If not, I will do it myself in the
> > > > > future.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sincerely,
> > > > >
> > > > > Ed
> > > > Hi.
> > > > What are you trying to achieve.
> > > > I have to run a script to convert all older documents on our server to
> > > > newer ODF format. I am going to do that by regression into the
> > > > directory specified as the parameter to the script when called. I
> > > > haven't got round to it yet as it is not required until I update LO,
> > > > but is that what you are after.
> > > > Steve
> > > Another way is to use the wizard in libreoffice (File > Wizards >
> > > Document Converter ) from a PC on the same network than the server and
> > > using a network share.
> > >
> > > We used this solution to convert tons of documents in order to avoid CPU
> > > charge on servers that were used for other purposes and it was nice
> > > (only I/O on the servers).
> > > We were able to parallelize tasks with multiple PCs, each one was
> > > dealing with a dedicated sub-directory of the share.
> > >
> > > Just my 2 cents.
> > Just tried it.
> >
> > I found what I was searching.
> >
> > Thank you!
> Unfortunately for me it doesn't convert the legacy documents for which
> compatibility was discontinued after LO3.7, so I will finish my script.
> steve
>
>
>
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