Order of terms in NConvert code

[cday]

While as far as I know it has never been formally documented, I have long understood that in NConvert code the input files to be processed must be last (right-most) term. That was the position shown in Helmut's posts outlining NConvert use after the utility was introduced, the order of terms I have always followed successfully, and was recently indicated by Pierre when replying to a post regarding code that didn't run.

However, replies to a post today concerning the -clip option seem to suggest that order of terms wasn't applicable, so could Pierre please make a general statement regarding the correct order of terms in NConvert code?


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[user0]

any combination works for me (in 7.230)

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nconvert.exe  -clipboard  -grey 256  -out clipboard
nconvert.exe  -clipboard  -out clipboard  -grey 256

nconvert.exe  -out clipboard  -clipboard  -grey 256
nconvert.exe  -out clipboard  -grey 256  -clipboard

nconvert.exe  -grey 256  -clipboard  -out clipboard
nconvert.exe  -grey 256  -out clipboard  -clipboard

[cday]

any combination works for me (in 7.230)

...in relation to -clip, but there remain reasons for wondering if that might be an exception to a general rule that input terms must be last, particularly as I recall Pierre recently stating that a poster's code didn't run as that the input term needed to be las!

A statement from Pierre would be welcome, given the above, in the absence of significantly more detailed testing.