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] 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 Write PS section to . --wmf-file Write WMF section to . --tiff-file Write TIFF section to . --inputfile 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.