Export area drawing doesn't work with SVG format

[geaplanet]

I have a lot of SVG files with a canvas bigger than the drawing, and I need to adjust this for having the same dimensions. I tryed this command:

inkscape --export-area-drawing -l output.svg input.svg

But it appears that only works with raster exporting (like png) and not with vector exporting.

[jazzynico (jazzynico)]

According to the man page:
"-D, --export-area-drawing
    In PNG , PDF , PS , and EPS export, exported area is the drawing (not canvas), i.e. the bounding box of all objects of the document (or of the exported object if --export-id is used)."

[geaplanet (geaplanet)]

Ok, to the wishlist is pefect then.

850 files is waiting for me O_O!

open, select all, copy, new file, paste, document properties, adjust size, save...file by file :_(

Do you know any alternative way to do this?

[brainstorm (brainstorm)]

I'm also interested in this functionality so for now I'm trying to reach it through Inkscape cli verbs functionality, so I began with:

inkscape -g -f input.svg --verb=DialogDocumentProperties

Then I realized that this one does the trick quite well:

inkscape -g -f `pwd`/psone_grafitti-F.Cu.svg --verb=FitCanvasToDrawing --verb=FileSave --verb=FileClose --verb=FileQuit

Hope that helps until --export-area-drawing supports SVG's ;)