hi,

"Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> "jr" <cre### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> > when using 'file_exists()', you can use absolute file names.
>
> We can,
> but the idea was to check for a file that contains the full path created by the
> pwd command.

not sure I understand.  "file contains", like you want to 'grep' file(s) for
some path?

> If it doesn't exist, it will be created, after the render is forcibly
> terminated.

does the 'post_scene_command' get run when POV-Ray terminates with an error?

> Then the scene can be run a second time  - or it can be auto-run by the ini
> command line thing, so there's very little discernable hiccup on the first
> render.
>
> Presumably if I want to run a series of commands from the ini, it has to be in
> the form of a shell script?

yes.  (anything "executable")

given the above, perhaps even a controlling (shell) script which invokes POV-Ray
as and when needed?


regards, jr?

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