Wildcards and output directory

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Post by anthony »

A wildcard in the output filename is not generally useful.
Basically as a wild card can generate multiple filename these
will be listed as arguments to IM if you use a shell. Only the last will be thought of as the output filename.

Wildcard should not be used for the output filename.
Anthony Thyssen -- Webmaster for ImageMagick Example Pages
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