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diff --git a/Build/tests/largefile/README b/Build/tests/largefile/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..9c98b6b443a --- /dev/null +++ b/Build/tests/largefile/README @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +$Id$ +Copyright (C) 2012 Peter Breitenlohner <tex-live@tug.org> +You may freely use, modify and/or distribute this file. + +Shell scripts and data to test large file support (LFS) for dvips and +TeX-like engines, in particular pdfTeX. These tests consume a generous +amount of disk space in the current directory, typically 4GB and more. +Since they require a fair amount of time a progress report is displayed on +the terminal, followed by a line starting with either 'PASS' or 'FAIL'. + +============ + +Run + PATH_TO_largeps.test PATH_TO_dvips +to verify that dvips can create PS files with 2GB or more. + +Run + PATH_TO_largedvi.test PATH_TO_TEX_ENGINE +to verify that the TeX engine (TeX, pdfTeX, Aleph, etc.) detects when a DVI +file would be 2GB or more. + +Run + PATH_TO_largepdf.test PATH_TO_PDFTEX_OR_LUATEX_ENGINE +to verify that pdfTeX and LuaTeX can create PDF files with 2.8GB (based on +lfs.tgz from Martin Schr\"oder <martin@oneiros.de>, compare testlfs-martin/*). + +Run + PATH_TO_hugepdf.test PATH_TO_PDFTEX_OR_LUATEX_ENGINE +to verify that pdfTeX and LuaTeX can create PDF files with 4.6GB (based on +lfs.tgz from Martin Schr\"oder <martin@oneiros.de>, compare testlfs-martin/*). + +Run + PATH_TO_pdfimage.test PATH_TO_PDFTEX_ENGINE IMG +to verify that pdfTeX can create PDF files with 2GB or more, using various +jpeg, png, jbig2, and pdf images (based on test-lfs.zip from Thanh Han The +<thanh@river-valley.org>, compare testlfs-thanh/*). The parameter IMG +indicates the test(s) to perform: + jpeg-1, jpeg-2, png-1, png-2, jbig2-1, jbig2-2: just one test + jpeg, png, jbig2, pdf: two tests + all: all seven tests. |