Flac - Mar 2007 - FLAC: specifying all files with extension .WAV

Hi,

I want to use the "flac" encoder (in commandline mode) and I specify
this
command to encode all .WAV files in the current directory:

N:\WAV>flac -V --best -- *.wav

flac 1.1.4, Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007  Josh
Coalson
flac comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.  This is free software, and you are
welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.  Type `flac' for
details.

ERROR: can't open input file *.wav: Invalid argument

What is wrong in my syntax or how can I specify to encode all *.wav files in
the current directory (I'm using windows)?
I remember that typing 'flac --best *wav' DID work in linux, why
doesn't it
work in windows?

thanks
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the windows shell is broken w.r.t wildcards and probably always
will be:
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=50667&st=75&p=466078&#entry466078

--- Harry Sack <tranzedude@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I want to use the "flac" encoder (in commandline mode) and I
specify
> this
> command to encode all .WAV files in the current directory:
> 
> N:\WAV>flac -V --best -- *.wav
> 
> flac 1.1.4, Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007 
> Josh
> Coalson
> flac comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.  This is free software, and
> you are
> welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.  Type `flac' for
> details.
> 
> ERROR: can't open input file *.wav: Invalid argument
> 
> What is wrong in my syntax or how can I specify to encode all *.wav
> files in
> the current directory (I'm using windows)?
> I remember that typing 'flac --best *wav' DID work in linux, why
> doesn't it
> work in windows?
> 
> thanks


 
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Josh Coalson wrote:
> the windows shell is broken w.r.t wildcards and probably always
> will be:
>
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=50667&st=75&p=466078&#entry466078
You can use the 'for' command in a windows command shell to get around
the wildcard issue (running flac once for each filename), or use a
'real' shell.  With cygwin, you can run bash (or your favorite *nix
shell) on windows, and then wildcards (and *MANY* other scripting
features) will work as they should. :)

I think some of the windows shell replacements (4NT and the like) may
also support proper wildcarding, pipelines, redirects, and other
features, but it's been long enough since I've used any that I don't
recall for sure.

- --
Charles Steinkuehler
cstein@newtek.com
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If you want to use a UNIX shell, without actually having to run a UNIX,
try Cygwin.

http://www.cygwin.com/

On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 16:21 -0700, Josh Coalson wrote:
> the windows shell is broken w.r.t wildcards and probably always
> will be:
>
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=50667&st=75&p=466078&#entry466078
> 
> --- Harry Sack <tranzedude@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I want to use the "flac" encoder (in commandline mode) and I
specify
> > this
> > command to encode all .WAV files in the current directory:
> > 
> > N:\WAV>flac -V --best -- *.wav
> > 
> > flac 1.1.4, Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007 
> > Josh
> > Coalson
> > flac comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.  This is free software, and
> > you are
> > welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.  Type `flac'
for
> > details.
> > 
> > ERROR: can't open input file *.wav: Invalid argument
> > 
> > What is wrong in my syntax or how can I specify to encode all *.wav
> > files in
> > the current directory (I'm using windows)?
> > I remember that typing 'flac --best *wav' DID work in linux,
why
> > doesn't it
> > work in windows?
> > 
> > thanks
> 
> 
> 
>  
>
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