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DOSEPSBIN

NAME
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SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
EXAMPLES
AUTHOR
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SEE ALSO
HISTORY

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.