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+NAME
+ psrip - extracts images from postscript-files
+
+SYNOPSIS
+ psrip [-d *dir*] *psfile(s)*
+
+ extract images in *psfile(s)* into current directory or *dir* if
+ given.
+
+ Examples
+
+ psrip foil.ps Extract images from foil.ps into current
+ directory.
+
+ psrip -d images foil1.ps foil2.ps TeX/*.ps Extract images of
+ these ps-files into directory *images*.
+
+DESCRIPTION
+ The script saves the lines between *'%%BeginDocument: name'* and
+ *'%%EndDocument'* to a new file named *dir/name*.
+
+BUGS
+ If there is no 'BoundingBox' specified in the extracted image
+ you have to insert it by hand. E.g. for DIN-a4 size:
+ %%BoundingBox: 0 0 596 842
+
+AUTHOR
+ Christian Lackas <delta@clackas.de>, 10 December 1999.
+
+ This tool is dedicated to Nikolay 'Snake' Sturm.
+
+ Thanks to Rolf Niepraschk for his help in publishing an bug
+ reporting.
+
+LICENSE
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+