Might be good, although I've never actually wanted to render more than one file
at a time before.  Maybe it would be a good change of pace.  Come to think of it
I've never even seen a PERL program before either.  Will let you know if it
works here on this Win98SE.

Bob

"Peter Popov" <pet### [at] usanet> wrote in message
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| The attached Perl script can be useful for batch renders like the new
| MegaPOV demo scenes etc. If ImageMagick is available it can also be
| used to convert the output images to GIF/JPEG and create thumbnails.
|
| Usage is pretty simple. I haven't written any docs yet but the -v
| option will give a brief summary of what each variable is for. If the
| script is run with no parameters, it will spit out a list of all
| recognized command-line parameters, short and long versions. The
| latter can be abbreviated to the shortest unique prefix.
|
| Basically, you pass it a file ("-i <filename>") or a directory ("-I
| <filename>") and it will render the former or all POV files in the
| directory and all subdirectories. It will also convert them, create
| thumbnails, delete raw output etc. if instructed.
|
| This is work-in-progress. It works on my computer, it should work for
| you too, but I guarrantee nothing. A Unix system helps :) though from
| what the docs of the File::Find module say, it should run flawlessly
| on Mac, Amiga, Win32, Dos and Unix. I tried to make it fool protected
| but if you try to, for example, use --render-engine "rm -rf ~", I
| cannot be blamed :) Seriously, bug reports, ideas for improvement,
| suggestions for new functionality, complains etc. are welcome. Also,
| this is my first real Perl program (aside from a simple CGI script
| which spits out a joke it randomly selects from a file) so I am also
| welcoming suggestions on how to improve my code efficiency- and
| style-wise.
|
| Thanks in advance to anyone who shows interest in this baby.
|
|
| Peter Popov
| pet### [at] usanet
| ICQ: 15002700
|

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