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 sec-
tions:
* 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 dif-
ferent 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.
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