Filelist option - Help file shows incorrect syntax?

[cday]

The NConvert help file give the following syntax for the filelist option:

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-l file : Use file as filelist

But using the option, the correct syntax seems to be:

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-L file : Use file as filelist

That is uppercase L, as used in various early posts such as this one.

[xnview]

-l or -L can be used

[cday]

-l or -L can be used

I'm getting different results with -l and -L ...

The following code works correctly with -L but not with -l when using the filelist below:

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nconvert.exe -o binder.tiff -multi -out tiff -c 7 -L Filelist.txt

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Input\1.tif Input\2.tif Input\3.tif Input\4.tif

When using the following filelist format with the above code neither -l nor -L work, I'm not sure whether it should?

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Input\1.tif Input\2.tif Input\3.tif Input\4.tif

[xnview]

I'm getting different results with -l and -L ...

I've tried

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-L Filelist.txt

or

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-l Filelist.txt

, and it works

When using the following filelist format with the above code neither -l nor -L work, I'm not sure whether it should?

I don't understand it works or not?

[cday]

Resolved I think:

The issue seems to have been related to the detailed format of the filelists used, correct output is now obtained with either -l or -L.

For reference the following filelist, with each filename on a separate line, works:

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Input\1.jpg   
Input\2.jpg   
Input\3.jpg   
Input\4.jpg

That is the filelist format produced using the XnView MP Create > File Listing... function, and by the XnView Classic Create > File listing... when the Copy to Clipboard option is not used.

The following filelist format also works:

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Input\1.jpg   Input\2.jpg   Input\3.jpg   Input\4.jpg

That format is produced when the XnView Classic Copy to Clipboard option is used, with the list items separated with three spaces, although only one seems to be required.

A possible complication may occur when the text file 'word wrap' option is enabled, effect not determined but a possible cause of the earlier confusion.