[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Problems using the convert_png script

[Jason Dorje Short <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Daniel Markstedt wrote:
> On 2005-10-17, at 22.02, Jason Dorje Short wrote:
>
> > Daniel Markstedt wrote:
> >
> > > I'm trying to generate png flags, but running the convert_png script 
> > > produce the error:
> > > rm: illegal option -- 1
> > > usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dPRrvW] file ...
> > > Tried on OSX 10.3.9
> >
> > How are you running it?  Maybe it should use /bin/bash instead of 
> > /bin/sh (see line 0 of the script).
> > Flag file names shouldn't have spaces or begin with a dash or it will 
> > break the script (the former is fixable, the latter...not easily).
> > Run the program as
> >   ./convert_png wales.svg
> >   ./convert_png *.svg
> >
> > -jason
> It didn't matter whether I used sh or bash and I'm running it as you said.
>
> However, I didn't provide the full message:
>
> Daniel
>
>
> sed: 1: "s/.svg$//i": bad flag in substitute command: 'i'
> Converting zulu.svg to .png
> rm: illegal option -- 1
> usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dPRrvW] file ...
>        unlink file
What version of sed do you have?

sed --version
GNU sed version 4.1.4

I suspect you need a newer version (or the script needs to be changed to 
work with the older one).