Re: lilypondfile

[Phil Holmes]

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From: "pabuhr" <address@hidden>
To: "Reinhold Kainhofer" <address@hidden>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: lilypondfile


> Finally, what does the "-o" option do?
>
>   -o,--output=FILE or FOLDER
>
>   Set the default output file to FILE or, if a folder with that name 
> exists,
>   direct the output to FOLDER, taking the file name from the input file. 
> The
>   appropriate suffix will be added (e.g. .pdf for pdf) in both cases.
>
> For this command
>
> $ lilypond mary.ly -o fred
>
> my expectation is that the PDF output is placed in file fred.pdf rather 
> than
> mary.pdf, but here is what occurs:
>
> GNU LilyPond 2.16.0
> Processing `mary.ly'
> Parsing...
> Interpreting music...[8]
> Preprocessing graphical objects...
> Finding the ideal number of pages...
> Fitting music on 1 page...
> Drawing systems...
> Layout output to `mary.ps'...
> Converting to `./mary.pdf'...
> warning: cannot find file: `-o'
> warning: cannot find file: `fred'
> fatal error: failed files: "fred -o"


I've not tried this to confirm it's correct, but my expectation is that the 
syntax is

lilypond options filename

So you should write

lilypond -o fred mary.ly

--
Phil Holmes