error: 'ereader2html.py' is not recognized as an internal or external command...

[CCUC]

I followed the steps mentioned up to Point 10, where I just couldn't get the terminal input correct and kept getting an error message "ereader2html.py is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file".
My input was as follows :
ereader2html.py Bill_America_s_Finest_Compa.pdb outdir "MyName" 1234567812345678

Would you help me please?

Originally Posted by CCUC

I followed the steps mentioned up to Point 10, where I just couldn't get the terminal input correct and kept getting an error message "ereader2html.py is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file".
My input was as follows :
ereader2html.py Bill_America_s_Finest_Compa.pdb outdir "MyName" 1234567812345678

Would you help me please?

You need to run ereader2html.py from the directory where it is located. Or you need to specify the path to it explicitly. Repeat the steps mentioned above.

[CCUC]

Originally Posted by Stream Recorder

You need to run ereader2html.py from the directory where it is located. Or you need to specify the path to it explicitly. Repeat the steps mentioned above.

Here are the steps I followed:
1.Install Python.
2.Create a working directory. (eBook)
3.Copy ereader2html.py to the working directory.
4.Copy Bill_America_s_Finest_Compa.pdb file to the ebook directory.
5.Open File Explorer and navigate to the working directory.
6.Right click an item in the list on the left and select "Properties".
7.Highlight the directory information after "Location:". Right click and select "Copy".
8.Open command prompt (in Windows).
9.Type: "cd " (no quotes needed) and right click to paste the directory information you just copied, and hit enter. (cd C:\Documents and Settings\CCUC DOCS\My Documents\BOOKS\Bill Staton\eBook )
10.From command prompt, enter the command as documented:

ereader2html.py Bill_America_s_Finest_Compa.pdb outdir "My Name" 1234567812345678

And then I receive: 'ereader2html.py' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Is something that I am doing wrong?

Originally Posted by CCUC

Here are the steps I followed:
1.Install Python.
2.Create a working directory. (eBook)
3.Copy ereader2html.py to the working directory.
4.Copy Bill_America_s_Finest_Compa.pdb file to the ebook directory.
5.Open File Explorer and navigate to the working directory.
6.Right click an item in the list on the left and select "Properties".
7.Highlight the directory information after "Location:". Right click and select "Copy".
8.Open command prompt (in Windows).
9.Type: "cd " (no quotes needed) and right click to paste the directory information you just copied, and hit enter. (cd C:\Documents and Settings\CCUC DOCS\My Documents\BOOKS\Bill Staton\eBook )
10.From command prompt, enter the command as documented:

ereader2html.py Bill_America_s_Finest_Compa.pdb outdir "My Name" 1234567812345678

And then I receive: 'ereader2html.py' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Is something that I am doing wrong?

So Bill_America_s_Finest_Compa.pdb and ereader2html.py are located in the following directory?

C:\Documents and Settings\CCUC DOCS\My Documents\BOOKS\Bill Staton\eBook

And when you use command prompt, you launch ereader2html.py from the same directory?

[CCUC]

Originally Posted by Stream Recorder

So Bill_America_s_Finest_Compa.pdb and ereader2html.py are located in the following directory?

C:\Documents and Settings\CCUC DOCS\My Documents\BOOKS\Bill Staton\eBook

And when you use command prompt, you launch ereader2html.py from the same directory?

What a silly mistake.

I had been working over the directory
C:\Documents and Settings\CCUC DOCS\My Documents\BOOKS\Bill Staton
Instead of
C:\Documents and Settings\CCUC DOCS\My Documents\BOOKS\Bill Staton\eBook

Now that I found my mistake, it is working great!

Thank you so much for your help and patience.

[ljdahl]

I'm in the same boat. I bought some books from Barnes & Noble (pdb format), am trying to get them onto my ibooks - where I have all the rest of this particular series.

Here are the steps I followed:
1.Install Python.
2.Created a directory for all the python stuff (c:\python26)
3.Copy ereader2html.py to the working directory.
4.Copy Say.pdb file to the python26 directory.
5.Open File Explorer and navigate to the working directory.
6.Right click an item in the list on the left and select "Properties".
7.Highlight the directory information after "Location:". Right click and select "Copy".
8.Open command prompt (in Windows).
9.Type: "cd " (no quotes needed) and right click to paste the directory information you just copied, and hit enter. (cd C: )
10.From command prompt, enter the command as documented:

ereader2html.py say.pdb outdir "My Name" 1234567812345678

And then I receive: 'EREADER2HTML.py' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Is something that I am doing wrong?

I've double checked and my python directory is off the root. I've tried both the C:\ereader.... and C:\python26>ereader.... with the same results.

Thoughts?

Originally Posted by ljdahl

ereader2html.py say.pdb outdir "My Name" 1234567812345678

And then I receive: 'EREADER2HTML.py' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Is something that I am doing wrong?

Run it this way:

python ereader2html.py say.pdb outdir "My Name" 1234567812345678

Read the following page for more
http://docs.python.org/faq/windows

[ljdahl]

I think I know what the issue is. I downloaded the f7be19a99 file - the one that is supposed to be the ereader2html.py file - but it's a text file when you download it and not a py file.

So - do you know how to change it to a py file or is it just a matter of renaming it?

Much appreciated.
L

Originally Posted by ljdahl

I downloaded the f7be19a99 file - the one that is supposed to be the ereader2html.py file - but it's a text file when you download it and not a py file.

So - do you know how to change it to a py file or is it just a matter of renaming it?

Just rename f7be19a99.txt onto ereader2html.py .

[ljdahl]

I will try that - thank you.
Lydija.