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

[Daniel Markstedt <himasaram@xxxxxxxx>]

On 2005-10-17, at 23.31, Jason Dorje Short wrote:

> 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).
Your suspicion was correct. A new version of sed did the trick. Thanks!

Daniel