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DOSEPSBIN(1) | User Contributed Perl Documentation | DOSEPSBIN(1) |
NAME¶
dosepsbin -- Extract PS/WMF/TIFF sections from DOS EPS binary files
VERSION¶
2012-03-22 v1.2
SYNOPSIS¶
The progam dosepsbin analyses an EPS file that is not a plain ASCII PostScript file but given as DOS EPS binary file.
dosepsbin [options] <input file>
First it analyzes the input file, validates its header and summarizes the available sections. Depending on the given options, the sections are then written to files.
Options:
--eps-file <file> Write PS section to <file>. --wmf-file <file> Write WMF section to <file>. --tiff-file <file> Write TIFF section to <file>. --inputfile <file> The name of the input file. --verbose Verbose output. --quiet Only errors and warnings are printed. --help Brief help message. --man Full documentation. --version Print version identification.
The files for output must be different from the input file.
DESCRIPTION¶
DOS EPS Binary File Format
A Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) file can also given in a special binary format to support the inclusion of a thumbnail. The file format starts with a binary header that contains the positions of the possible sections:
- * Postscript (PS)
- * Windows Metafile Format (WMF)
- * Tag Image File Format (TIFF)
The PS section must be present and either the WMF file or the TIFF file should be given.
OPTIONS¶
- --eps-file=<file>
- The PS section is written to <file>. The output file must be different from the input file.
- --wmf-file=<file>
- The WMF section is written to <file> if present. The output file must be different from the input file.
- --tiff-file=<file>
- The TIFF section is written to <file> if present. The output file must be different from the input file.
- --inputfile=<file>
- The input file can also be given directly on the command line. If the file does not exist, then the file with extension `.eps' is tried.
- --verbose
- Verbose messages.
- --quiet
- No messages are printed except for errors and warnings.
- --help
- Display help screen.
- --man
- Prints manual page.
- --version
- Print version identification and exit.
EXAMPLES¶
The following command extracts the PS section from file test.eps and stores the result in file test-ps.eps:
dosepsbin --eps-file test-ps.eps test.eps
AUTHOR¶
Heiko Oberdiek, email: heiko.oberdiek at googlemail.com
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE¶
Copyright 2011-2012 by Heiko Oberdiek.
This library is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself (Perl Artistic License/GNU General Public License, version 2).
SEE ALSO¶
The DOS EPS binary file format is described in section "5.2 Windows Metafile or TIFF":
Adobe Developer Support, Encapsulated PostScript File Format Specification, Version 3.0, 1992-05-01, http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/ps/5002.EPSF_Spec.pdf
HISTORY¶
- 2011/11/10 v1.0
- * First version.
- 2011/12/05 v1.1
- * Typo fixed in help text (thanks Peter Breitenlohner).
- 2012/03/22 v1.2
- * Fix in validation test for offset of PS section.
2012-03-22 v1.2 | perl v5.8.1 |