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
- 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.