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diff --git a/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/pdftosrc.1 b/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/pdftosrc.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..5f59026b94a --- /dev/null +++ b/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/pdftosrc.1 @@ -0,0 +1,219 @@ +.\" Process this file with +.\" groff -man -Tascii pdftosrc.1 +.\" +.\" $Id: pdftosrc.1,v 1.3 2005/11/04 18:55:24 hhenkel Exp $ +.\" +.TH pdftosrc 1 "3 November 2005" "User Manuals" +.SH NAME +pdftosrc \- extract source file or stream from PDF file +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B pdftosrc +.I PDF-file +.R [ +.I stream-object-number +.R ] +.SH DESCRIPTION +If only +.I PDF-file +is given as argument, +.B pdftosrc +extracts the embedded source file +from the first found stream object +with /Type /SourceFile within the +.I PDF-file +and writes it to a file with the name /SourceName +as defined in that PDF stream object +(see application example below). + +If both +.I PDF-file +and +.I stream-object-number +are given as arguments, +.B pdftosrc +extracts and uncompresses the PDF stream of the object +given by its +.I stream-object-number +from the +.I PDF-file +and writes it to a file named +.IR PDF-file . stream-object-number +with the ending +.I .pdf +or +.I .PDF +stripped from the original +.I PDF-file +name. + +In either case +an existing file with the output file name will be overwritten. +.SH OPTIONS +None. +.SH FILES +Just the executable +.BR pdftosrc . +.SH ENVIRONMENT +None. +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +At success the exit code of +.B pdftosrc +is 0, else 1. + +All messages go to stderr. +At program invocation, +.B pdftosrc +issues the current version number of the program +.BR xpdf , +on which +.B pdftosrc +is based: + +.RS +pdftosrc version 3.00 + +.RE +When +.B pdftosrc +was successful with the output file writing, +one of the following messages will be issued: + +.RS +Source file extracted to +.I source-file-name + +.RE +or + +.RS +Stream object extracted to +.IR PDF-file . stream-object-number + +.RE + +.RE +When the object given by the +.I stream-object-number +does not contain a stream, +.B pdftosrc +issues the following error message: + +.RS +Not a Stream object + +.RE +When the +.I PDF-file +can't be opened, the error message is: + +.RS +Error: Couldn't open file +.RI ' PDF-file '. + +.RE +When +.B pdftosrc +encounters an invalid PDF file, +the error message (several lines) is: + +.RS +Error: May not be a PDF file (continuing anyway) +.RE +.RS +(more lines) +.RE +.RS +Invalid PDF file + +.RE +There are also more error messages from +.B pdftosrc +for various kinds of broken PDF files. +.SH NOTES +An embedded source file will be written out unchanged, +i. e. it will not be uncompressed in this process. + +Only the stream of the object will be written, +i. e. not the dictionary of that object. + +Knowing which +.I stream-object-number +to query requires information about the PDF file +that has to be gained elsewhere, +e. g. by looking into the PDF file with an editor. + +The stream extraction capabilities of +.B pdftosrc +(e. g. regarding understood PDF versions and filter types) +follow the capabilities of the underlying +.B xpdf +program version. + +Currently the generation number of the stream object +is not supported. +The default value 0 (zero) is taken. + +The wording +.I stream-object-number +has nothing to do with the `object streams' introduced +by the Adobe PDF Reference, +5th edition, version 1.6. +.SH EXAMPLES +When using pdftex or pdfetex, +a source file can be embedded into some +.I PDF-file +by using pdftex primitives, +as illustrated by the following example: + +\\immediate\\pdfobj +.RE + stream attr {/Type /SourceFile /SourceName (myfile.zip)} +.RS +.RE + file{myfile.zip} +.RS +.RE +\\pdfcatalog{/SourceObject \\the\\pdflastobj\\space 0 R} + +Then this zip file can be extracted from the +.I PDF-file +by calling +.B pdftosrc +.IR PDF-file . +.SH BUGS +Not all embedded source files will be extracted, +only the first found one. + +Email bug reports to +.B pdftex@tug.org. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR xpdf (1), +.BR pdfimages (1), +.BR pdftotext (1), +.BR pdftex (1), +.BR pdfetex (1). +.SH AUTHORS +.B pdftosrc +written by Han The Thanh, using +.B xpdf +functionality from Derek Noonburg. + +Man page written by Hartmut Henkel. +.SH COPYRIGHT +Copyright (c) 1996-2002 Han The Thanh, <thanh@pdftex.org> + +This file is part of pdfTeX. + +pdfTeX 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. + +pdfTeX is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +GNU General Public License for more details. + +You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +along with pdfTeX; if not, write to the Free Software +Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA |