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PAPERCONF(1)

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NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       paperconf - print paper configuration informations

SYNOPSYS    [Toc]    [Back]

       paperconf  [ [ -p ] paper | -d | -a ] [ -z ] [ -n | -N ] [ -s | -w | -h
       ] [ -c | -m | -i ]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       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 that order
       at the PAPERCONF environment variable, at  the  contents  of  the  file
       specified by the PAPERSIZE environment variable or by using letter as a
       last chance.  By default, width and height of the paper are printed  in
       PostScript points.

OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       -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    [Toc]    [Back]

       PAPERCONF	   Paper  size to use regardless of what the papersize
			   file contains.

       PAPERSIZE	   Full path to a file containing the  paper  size  to
			   use.

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

       /etc/papersize	   Contains  the name of the system-wide default paper
			   size to be used if the PAPERSIZE  variable  is  not
			   set.

AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]

       Yves Arrouye <arrouye@debian.org>

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

      
      
       papersize(5)




				 24 April 2001			  PAPERCONF(1)
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