man/cupstestppd.man

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  13 .TH cupstestppd 1 "CUPS" "11 June 2014" "Apple Inc."
  14 .SH NAME
  15 cupstestppd \- test conformance of ppd files
  16 .SH SYNOPSIS
  17 .B cupstestppd
  18 [
  19 .B \-I
  20 .I category
  21 ] [
  22 .B \-R
  23 .I rootdir
  24 ] [
  25 .B \-W
  26 .I category
  27 ] [
  28 .B \-q
  29 ] [
  30 .B \-r
  31 ] [
  32 \fB\-v\fR[\fBv\fR]
  33 ]
  34 .I filename.ppd[.gz]
  35 [ ...
  36 .I filename.ppd[.gz]
  37 ]
  38 .br
  39 .B cupstestppd
  40 [
  41 .B \-R
  42 .I rootdir
  43 ] [
  44 .B \-W
  45 .I category
  46 ] [
  47 .B \-q
  48 ] [
  49 .B \-r
  50 ] [
  51 \fB\-v\fR[\fBv\fR]
  52 ]
  53 .B \-
  54 .SH DESCRIPTION
  55 \fBcupstestppd\fR tests the conformance of PPD files to the Adobe PostScript Printer Description file format specification version 4.3.
  56 It can also be used to list the supported options and available fonts in a PPD file.
  57 The results of testing and any other output are sent to the standard output.
  58 .LP
  59 The first form of \fBcupstestppd\fR tests one or more PPD files on the command-line.
  60 The second form tests the PPD file provided on the standard input.
  61 .SH OPTIONS
  62 \fBcupstestppd\fR supports the following options:
  63 .TP 5
  64 \fB\-I filename\fR
  65 Ignores all PCFileName warnings.
  66 .TP 5
  67 \fB\-I filters\fR
  68 Ignores all filter errors.
  69 .TP 5
  70 \fB\-I profiles\fR
  71 Ignores all profile errors.
  72 .TP 5
  73 \fB\-R \fIrootdir\fR
  74 Specifies an alternate root directory for the filter, pre-filter, and other support file checks.
  75 .TP 5
  76 \fB\-W constraints\fR
  77 Report all UIConstraint errors as warnings.
  78 .TP 5
  79 \fB\-W defaults\fR
  80 Except for size-related options, report all default option errors as warnings.
  81 .TP 5
  82 \fB\-W filters\fR
  83 Report all filter errors as warnings.
  84 .TP 5
  85 \fB\-W profiles\fR
  86 Report all profile errors as warnings.
  87 .TP 5
  88 \fB\-W sizes\fR
  89 Report all media size errors as warnings.
  90 .TP 5
  91 \fB\-W translations\fR
  92 Report all translation errors as warnings.
  93 .TP 5
  94 \fB\-W all\fR
  95 Report all of the previous errors as warnings.
  96 .TP 5
  97 \fB\-W none\fR
  98 Report all of the previous errors as errors.
  99 .TP 5
 100 .B \-q
 101 Specifies that no information should be displayed.
 102 .TP 5
 103 .B \-r
 104 Relaxes the PPD conformance requirements so that common whitespace, control character, and formatting problems are not treated as hard errors.
 105 .TP 5
 106 .B \-v
 107 Specifies that detailed conformance testing results should be displayed rather than the concise PASS/FAIL/ERROR status.
 108 .TP 5
 109 .B \-vv
 110 Specifies that all information in the PPD file should be displayed in addition to the detailed conformance testing results.
 111 .LP
 112 The \fI-q\fR, \fI-v\fR, and \fI-vv\fR options are mutually exclusive.
 113 .SH EXIT STATUS
 114 \fBcupstestppd\fR returns zero on success and non-zero on error.
 115 The error codes are as follows:
 116 .TP 5
 117 1
 118 Bad command-line arguments or missing PPD filename.
 119 .TP 5
 120 2
 121 Unable to open or read PPD file.
 122 .TP 5
 123 3
 124 The PPD file contains format errors that cannot be skipped.
 125 .TP 5
 126 4
 127 The PPD file does not conform to the Adobe PPD specification.
 128 .SH EXAMPLES
 129 The following command will test all PPD files under the current directory and print the names of each file that does not conform:
 130 .nf
 131
 132     find . \-name \\*.ppd \\! \-exec cupstestppd \-q '{}' \\; \-print
 133
 134 .fi
 135 The next command tests all PPD files under the current directory and print detailed conformance testing results for the files that do not conform:
 136 .nf
 137
 138     find . \-name \\*.ppd \\! \-exec cupstestppd \-q '{}' \\; \\
 139         \-exec cupstestppd \-v '{}' \\;
 140 .fi
 141 .SH SEE ALSO
 142 .BR lpadmin (8),
 143 CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help),
 144 Adobe PostScript Printer Description File Format Specification, Version 4.3.
 145 .SH COPYRIGHT
 146 Copyright \[co] 2007-2017 by Apple Inc.