PAPERCONF(F)                                         PAPERCONF(F)



NAME
       paperconf - print paper configuration informations

SYNOPSYS
       paperconf  [ [ -p ] paper | -d | -a ] [ -z ] [ -n | -N ] [
       -s | -w | -h ] [ -c | -m | -i ]

DESCRIPTION
       paperconf prints informations about a  given  paper.   The
       informations  that  can  be  obtaineed are the name of the
       paper, its size and its  width  or  height.   When  called
       without  arguments,  paperconf prints the name of the sys-
       tem- or user-specified paper, obtained by looking in  that
       order  at  the PAPERCONF environment variable, at the con-
       tents of the file specified by the  PAPERSIZE  environment
       variable or by using letter as a last chance.  By default,
       width and height of the paper are  printed  in  PostScript
       points.

OPTIONS
       -p paper
              Specify  the name of the paper about which informa-
              tions are asked.

       -d     Use the default builtin paper name.

       -a     Consider all known papers names.

       -z     If the paper name is unknown, print it but issue  a
              message  on the standard error and exit with a non-
              zero code.

       -n     Print the name of the paper.

       -N     Print the name of the paper with the  first  letter
              capitalized.

       -s     Print  the  size  (width followed by height) of the
              paper.

       -w     Print the width of the paper.

       -h     Print the height of the paper.

       -c     Use centimetres as unit for paper size.

       -m     Use millimetres as unit for paper size.

       -i     Use inches as unit for paper size.


ENVIRONMENT
       PAPERCONF           Paper size to use regardless  of  what
                           the papersize file contains.

       PAPERSIZE           Full  path  to  a  file containing the
                           paper size to use.

FILES
       /etc/papersize      Contains the name of  the  system-wide
                           default  paper  size to be used if the
                           PAPERSIZE variable is not set.

AUTHOR
       Yves Arrouye <arrouye@debian.org>

SEE ALSO
       papersize(e)




                          24 April 2001              PAPERCONF(F)