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Chapter7-CommandLineBatchProcessing
Chapter 7 - Command Line Batch
Processing
ThischapterdescribestheSnowBatchcommandlineprocessingoption.Thechaptercontains
thefollowingtopics:
Running
the
Batch
Conversion
Using
the
Command
Line
Examples
of
Using
the
Command
Line
Runningthe BatchConversionUsingthe CommandLine
YoucansetSnowBatchoptionsandallowthesystemtorunwithoutuserinteractionbyusing
thecommandline.Thebiggestbenefitisthatyoudon’thavetogointotheuserinterfaceto
launchtheconversion.
Notes:
Theonlyparameteryoumustspecifyisthesourcedirectory.Ifadestinationformatis
notselected,theTIFF_G4_FAXformatisused.Ifadestinationdirectoryisnotselected,
thefilesaresavedintothedirectoryfromwhichyouarecurrentlyset.Forexample,if
youtypedthecommandfromthec:\prompt,thefilesaresavedtoc:\directory.Ifyou
typedthecommandfromthec:\imagesdirectory,thefilesaresavedtothec:\images
directory.
Whenspecifyingmorethanonesourceanddestinationdirectory,makesurethatthey
areenteredinthecorrectorder.Thefirstsourcedirectoryenteredismatchedtothefirst
destinationdirectory/fileentered,andsoon.Therefore,theimagesfromthefirstsource
directorylistedaresavedinthefirstlisteddestinationdirectory/file.SeeSpecifying
Multiple
Source
and
Destination
Directories
formoreinformation.
Tolaunchthebatchconverterusingthecommandline:
Fromacommandprompt,typethefollowingcommand:
c:\Program Files\Snowbound Software\Snowbatch\sbcmdline
TheSnowBatchParameterInputsdisplays.Theoutputbelowshowsyouwhattheparameters
areandhowtheyneedtobeenteredtosuccessfullyrunSnowBatchwithoutusingtheuser
interface.Youcanspecifyasmanyparametersareyouwant,butthesourcedirectoryis
mandatory.
Examples of Usingthe CommandLine
Belowareexamplesandoutputresultsforavarietyofcommandsusingdifferentcombinations
ofparameters.
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