problems with open()

bewegtbil..

in Integration and Hardware • 2 years ago

Hi,

I want to convert PDFs to TXTs with pdftotext on a MAC. It runs fine from the terminal but I cannot find a way to make it work with open(). It opens up pdftotext AND the PDF but what I want is to use the PDF file as an argument for pdftotext.

File dir;
String[] dateien;
void setup() {
dir = new File("/Users/erik/Desktop/planpdfs");
dateien = dir.list();
for (int i=0; i<dateien.length; i++) {
String[] aufruf = {"/usr/local/bin/pdftotext", "/Users/erik/Desktop/planpdfs/"+dateien[i]};
open(aufruf);
}
}

I would appreciate any help.

Thanks

Erik

Replies(2)

alanhelton

Re: problems with open()

1 year ago

Yes! This seems to be a problem! Bumping. Here is my code that does not seem to work. I am trying to open a video with VLC.

(Double-backslashes don't show up when trying to post [code] so its in plain text below.

String[] params = {"\"C:\\vlc-1.1.11\\vlc.exe\"", "\"C:\\Users\\Public\\Videos\\Sample Videos\\Wildlife.wmv\""};

open(params[0]);

PhiLho

Re: problems with open()

1 year ago

You know, you can use plain old forward slashes, even on Windows.
And you create an array of parameters, but pass only the first one. Pass the whole array instead.