DOSEPSBIN
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Updated: 2012-03-22 v1.2
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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
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- * First version.
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- 2011/12/05 v1.1
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- * Typo fixed in help text (thanks Peter Breitenlohner).
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- 2012/03/22 v1.2
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- * Fix in validation test for offset of PS section.
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Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- EXAMPLES
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- AUTHOR
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- COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
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- SEE ALSO
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- HISTORY
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