Re: PDF Converter on Linux/Redhat

["A. S. Budden" <redhat mail southparade vispa com>]

Thus spake James Pifer:
> I got a little more information. The web application sticks files in a
> directory that need to be converted, like a before directory . So I need
> a converter to periodically check that directory, convert the files, and
> stick them in another directory, like an after directory. 

Sounds to me like you're using acrobat distiller, which creates an "in"
directory and an "out" directory.  You put postscript files in the "in"
directory and it puts pdfs in the "out" directory.

If this is the case, then you're going to have a lot of ps files that
ps2pdf can make into pdfs.  I'm sure it's easy to automate the process
of watching whether there's anything in the "in" directory and running
ps2pdf as required... I just don't know how to do it!

Al