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