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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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