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mdibella · 10-14-2008, 11:38 AM

In the 'some people are never satisfied' category...and trying real hard not to violate forum rules...

Let's assume that I have a folder full of EBooks on my Windows desktop. They are in a format that will not work on my soon-to-arrive Sony reader.

Also assume that I have a Python script (call it 'MobiDeXXX') that will magically change them into something that I can load into Calibre and then do a batch-convert to the format Sony loves.

Is there a script (or could some genius write one) that would take this entire directory and run the magic Python script against each file, one at a time, and save the results into a different directory?

Note that I am being purely lazy here, since I can of course type in the 200 file names, one at a time, into the command window and run the Python script against them.

But if anyone can help with this, I would be most grateful!

10-14-2008, 11:38 AM	#1
mdibella Groupie Posts: 193 Karma: 1107 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: Infinite Kindles, Occasional Sony's	Script to convert a directory full of files? In the 'some people are never satisfied' category...and trying real hard not to violate forum rules... Let's assume that I have a folder full of EBooks on my Windows desktop. They are in a format that will not work on my soon-to-arrive Sony reader. Also assume that I have a Python script (call it 'MobiDeXXX') that will magically change them into something that I can load into Calibre and then do a batch-convert to the format Sony loves. Is there a script (or could some genius write one) that would take this entire directory and run the magic Python script against each file, one at a time, and save the results into a different directory? Note that I am being purely lazy here, since I can of course type in the 200 file names, one at a time, into the command window and run the Python script against them. But if anyone can help with this, I would be most grateful!