man/cupstestppd.man

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  15 .TH cupstestppd 1 "CUPS" "6 October 2009" "Apple Inc."
  16 .SH NAME
  17 cupstestppd \- test conformance of ppd files
  18 .SH SYNOPSIS
  19 .B cupstestppd
  20 [ -I
  21 .I category
  22 ] [ -R
  23 .I rootdir
  24 ] [ -W
  25 .I category
  26 ] [ -q ] [-r] [ -v[v] ] filename.ppd[.gz] [ ... filenameN.ppd[.gz] ]
  27 .br
  28 .B cupstestppd
  29 [ -R
  30 .I rootdir
  31 ] [ -W
  32 .I category
  33 ] [ -q ] [-r] [ -v[v] ] -
  34 .SH DESCRIPTION
  35 \fIcupstestppd\fR tests the conformance of PPD files to the
  36 Adobe PostScript Printer Description file format specification
  37 version 4.3. It can also be used to list the supported options
  38 and available fonts in a PPD file. The results of testing and
  39 any other output are sent to the standard output.
  40 .LP
  41 The first form of \fIcupstestppd\fR tests one or more PPD files
  42 on the command-line. The second form tests the PPD file provided
  43 on the standard input.
  44 .SH OPTIONS
  45 \fIcupstestppd\fR supports the following options:
  46 .TP 5
  47 -I filters
  48 .br
  49 Ignores all filter errors.
  50 .TP 5
  51 -I profiles
  52 .br
  53 Ignores all profile errors.
  54 .TP 5
  55 -R rootdir
  56 .br
  57 Specifies an alternate root directory for the filter, pre-filter,
  58 and other support file checks.
  59 .TP 5
  60 -W constraints
  61 .br
  62 Report all UIConstraint errors as warnings.
  63 .TP 5
  64 -W defaults
  65 .br
  66 Except for size-related options, report all default option errors as warnings.
  67 .TP 5
  68 -W filters
  69 .br
  70 Report all filter errors as warnings.
  71 .TP 5
  72 -W profiles
  73 .br
  74 Report all profile errors as warnings.
  75 .TP 5
  76 -W sizes
  77 .br
  78 Report all media size errors as warnings.
  79 .TP 5
  80 -W translations
  81 .br
  82 Report all translation errors as warnings.
  83 .TP 5
  84 -W all
  85 .br
  86 Report all of the previous errors as warnings.
  87 .TP 5
  88 -W none
  89 .br
  90 Report all of the previous errors as errors.
  91 .TP 5
  92 -q
  93 .br
  94 Specifies that no information should be displayed.
  95 .TP 5
  96 -r
  97 .br
  98 Relaxes the PPD conformance requirements so that common
  99 whitespace, control character, and formatting problems are not
 100 treated as hard errors.
 101 .TP 5
 102 -v
 103 .br
 104 Specifies that detailed conformance testing results should be
 105 displayed rather than the concise PASS/FAIL/ERROR status.
 106 .TP 5
 107 -vv
 108 .br
 109 Specifies that all information in the PPD file should be
 110 displayed in addition to the detailed conformance testing
 111 results.
 112 .LP
 113 The \fI-q\fR, \fI-v\fR, and \fI-vv\fR options are mutually exclusive.
 114 .SH EXIT STATUS
 115 \fIcupstestppd\fR returns zero on success and non-zero on error. The
 116 error codes are as follows:
 117 .TP 5
 118 1
 119 .br
 120 Bad command-line arguments or missing PPD filename.
 121 .TP 5
 122 2
 123 .br
 124 Unable to open or read PPD file.
 125 .TP 5
 126 3
 127 .br
 128 The PPD file contains format errors that cannot be skipped.
 129 .TP 5
 130 4
 131 .br
 132 The PPD file does not conform to the Adobe PPD specification.
 133 .SH EXAMPLES
 134 The following command will test all PPD files under the current
 135 directory and print the names of each file that does not
 136 conform:
 137 .nf
 138
 139     find . -name \\*.ppd \\! -exec cupstestppd -q '{}' \\; -print
 140
 141 .fi
 142 The next command tests all PPD files under the current directory
 143 and print detailed conformance testing results for the files
 144 that do not conform:
 145 .nf
 146
 147     find . -name \\*.ppd \\! -exec cupstestppd -q '{}' \\; \\
 148         -exec cupstestppd -v '{}' \\;
 149
 150 .fi
 151 .SH SEE ALSO
 152 \fIlpadmin(8)\fR,
 153 .br
 154 http://localhost:631/help
 155 .br
 156 Adobe PostScript Printer Description File Format Specification, Version 4.3.
 157 .SH COPYRIGHT
 158 Copyright 2007-2009 by Apple Inc.
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