Re: Help needed: Shell script stopped working in Mountain Lion!

2012-08-26 Thread Bruce Pokras
Thanks everyone for the responses. Looks like cupsfilter is the way to go. Do I need to name a .ppd file, or is that optional? Also, I don't see where I name the input filename. I am a HyperCard scripter from way back, so I am dependent upon others for stuff like this. So if I have the input fil

Re: Help needed: Shell script stopped working in Mountain Lion!

2012-08-26 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Bruce Pokras wrote: > Users of my application who have upgraded to Mountain Lion are left with a > folder >full of TIFFs and an error message from my application that it could not find >any >PDFs to combine into the final single PDF patent file. Does anyone have

Re: Help needed: Shell script stopped working in Mountain Lion!

2012-08-26 Thread Mike Bonner
Oh cool! Just read up on cupsfilter and it looks like you're right. On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Matthias Rebbe < matthias_livecode_150...@m-r-d.de> wrote: > Bruce, > > if i remember right, but i could be wrong, then convert was just a symlink > for cupsfilter. > > > https://developer.apple.c

Re: Help needed: Shell script stopped working in Mountain Lion!

2012-08-26 Thread Matthias Rebbe
Bruce, if i remember right, but i could be wrong, then convert was just a symlink for cupsfilter. https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man8/cupsfilter.8.html Regards, Matthias Am 26.08.2012 um 23:08 schrieb Bruce Pokras : > Hello all! > > I deve

Re: Help needed: Shell script stopped working in Mountain Lion!

2012-08-26 Thread Mike Bonner
After poking around some on mountain lion it looks like convert is gone. If these are upgraded machines you might be able to locate it somewhere in /Previous System/... Not positive this is the issue but its worth a check, and I am sure that convert is not in the location you specified on my syst

Help needed: Shell script stopped working in Mountain Lion!

2012-08-26 Thread Bruce Pokras
Hello all! I develop an application called Patent Grabber that downloads patents from various US and international patent authorities. Unlike many other authorities that provide patent pages in PDF, the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) provides patent pages in TIFF. From Tiger through Lion,