build process - OpenOffice command line PDF creation

Question

I have some documentation written in OpenOffice, and I would like to include some of it as PDF files in the final build deliveries. I would like to do this with the automated build script.

Is there a way to create a PDF file from OpenOffice with a command line command?

Answer 1

As of September 2012, LibreOffice can convert a document to PDF from the command line:

lowriter --headless --convert-to pdf yourfile.odt

It also has bulk conversion support:

lowriter --headless --convert-to pdf yourfiles*.odt

will convert all the files that match the pattern to the corresponding PDF file.

There must be no LibreOffice windows open when you run this command.