James McKenzie wrote: > GamezR2EZ wrote: > > > Alright, i have been trying for a while now to do the following, i have googled up and down, searched this forum and the like. > > I have a .bat file that i created to help me convert my music. The problem i have is the .bat file calls an .exe and sends it several parameters. Here is an exerpt of it: > > > > ~~~~ > > If ~%1 == ~ GOTO end > > > > > > > > C:\Music\Lame_Encoder\lame.exe -b 320 -F -h %1 "%~d1%~p1%~n1 - 320.mp3" > > > > > > ~~~~ > > > > > 1. Is lame.exe a Windows executible? > > 2. If the answer to 1 is NO use DOSBOX. > > 3. If the answer to 2 is YES use: > code: > wine `C:\Music\Lame_Encoder\lame.exe -b 320 -F -h %1 "%~d1%~p1%~n1 - > 320.mp3"` > > This will invoke wine to run the Windows Lame executable. This should > be done for each conversion. > > The problem with running a .bat file is that this is DOS speak. Using a > bash shell script is what Linux is looking for and it does work. > > James McKenzie hi James batch files may have their history rooted in DOS, but they are very much a part of modern windows, supported by cmd.exe Those parameters %1 %~1d11% etc... are part of the batch programming language, you can't just pass them to lame.
