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paperconf

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 contents of the file /etc/papersize , consulting the values controlled by the LC_PAPER locale setting, 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

papersize(5)