NAME
paperconf - print paper configuration
informations
SYNOPSYS
paperconf [ [ -p ] paper |
-d | -a ] [ -z ] [ -n | -N ] [
-s | -w | -h ] [ -c | -m |
-i ]
DESCRIPTION
paperconf prints informations about a
given paper. The informations that can be obtaineed are the name of
the paper, its size and its width or height. When called without
arguments, paperconf prints the name of the system- or
user-specified paper, obtained by looking in order at the
PAPERSIZE environment variable, at the contents of the file
specified by the PAPERCONF environment variable, at the
contects of /etc/papersize or by using letter as a
fall-back value if none of the other alternatives are successful.
By default, width and height of the paper are printed in PostScript
points.
OPTIONS
- -p paper
- Specify the name of the paper about which informations
are asked.
- -d
- Use the default builtin paper name.
- -a
- Consider all known papers names.
- -z
- If the paper name is unknown, print it but issue a message on
the standard error and exit with a non-zero code.
- -n
- Print the name of the paper.
- -N
- Print the name of the paper with the first letter capitalized.
- -s
- Print the size (width followed by height) of the paper.
- -w
- Print the width of the paper.
- -h
- Print the height of the paper.
- -c
- Use centimetres as unit for paper size.
- -m
- Use millimetres as unit for paper size.
- -i
- Use inches as unit for paper size.
ENVIRONMENT
- PAPERSIZE
- Paper size to use regardless of what the papersize file
contains.
- PAPERCONF
- Full path to a file containing the paper size to
use.
FILES
- /etc/papersize
- Contains the name of the system-wide default paper size to be
used if the PAPERSIZE and PAPERCONF variables are not
set.
AUTHOR
Yves Arrouye <arrouye@debian.org>
SEE ALSO
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