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2.5 Problems running convert-ly
If an input (or output) file name contains spaces it is necessary to surround the file name with double quotes.
convert-ly "D:/My Scores/Ode.ly" > "D:/My Scores/new Ode.ly"
If the invocation of convert-ly -e *.ly fails because
the expanded command line becomes too long, the
convert-ly command may be placed in a loop instead.
This example for UNIX upgrades all .ly files in the current
directory
for f in *.ly; do convert-ly -e $f; done
For Windows, the corresponding command is
for %x in (*.ly) do convert-ly.py -e "%x"
in the command prompt window.
As discussed earlier, not all language changes are handled. In particular, automatically updating Scheme and LilyPond Scheme interfaces is quite unlikely; be prepared to tweak Scheme code manually.