Re: how to compile many .ly files with one command

[James]

On 30/09/14 22:04, address@hidden wrote:>
>> > It works both on Windows and Linux. BTW. it should documented in
'1.2 Command-line usage', shouldn't it?
> It would not hurt to document it, but it is a basic functionality of the
> shell and not directly of LilyPond. You can do it with any program:
>
> ls *
> mv * ../otherdirectory/
>
> and so on. The functionality of LilyPond that contributes to this, is
> that the lilypond command accepts not only a single file but also a list
> of files.
> In this sense, you are right:
>
> 1. The documentation could tell the reader that multiple files are
possible.
>
> 2. As there is already a section that explains standard behaviour of the
> shell, the * file globbing [1] could be added there.
>
>
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/usage/command_002dline-usage.html#invoking-lilypond
>
> Cheers,
> Joram

Good idea!

http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=4147

Thanks.

James