unoconv is a program that converts openoffice any other documents to different formats. Its man page says it can use a listener: Example: > unoconv --listener & > unoconv -f pdf some-document.odt > unoconv -f doc other-document.odt > unoconv -f jpg some-image.png > unoconv -f xsl some-spreadsheet.csv > kill -15 %-
If the kill is left off, the listener continues even after the make completes and if debuild has started the make, it will hang untill someone kills the listener. ps -f shows that the listener has made the ppid=1 after the make completes. unoconv man page says that you can omit creating a listener in which case unoconv will create its own. I have never gotten this to work, and it will still have the problem of killing the listener afterwards. In the example, the kill command uses the bash job control concept "%-". Is this a legal concept in the concept of a Makefile.am? You would probably have to insure that you were in the same shell as the one that started the listener. What is the official, recommended way of handling unoconv listeners in a automake file? Thank You. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpanel.com/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117
