POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Batch files : Re: Batch files Server Time
12 Aug 2024 05:20:49 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Batch files  
From: PoD
Date: 23 Mar 1999 12:01:15
Message: <36F7C8E5.736E@merlin.net.au>
Ron H. wrote:
> 
> I'm sorry, I forgot to do that.
> 
> I'm using WinNT4.0, and I'd like to  perform this repetitive batch loop
> either in a java program or perhaps even in POVray's own language using
> POVray itself.
> 
> Is this possible?
> 
> Ron
> 

Here it is again

#declare BaseName = "foo"
#declare Extension = ".pov"
#declare NameDigits = 8-strlen(BaseName); // or just put a number in
here for how many digits after the name
#declare LastFrame = 20;
#declare FirstFrame = 1;
#declare Frame = clock * (LastFrame-FirstFrame) + FirstFrame;
#declare FileName = concat( BaseName, str(Frame,-NameDigits,0),
Extension )


FileName will have values such as foo00001.pov, foo00002.pov etc.

Cheers, PoD


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