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diff --git a/Build/tests/largefile/README b/Build/tests/largefile/README index 515691568d8..56974fe274e 100644 --- a/Build/tests/largefile/README +++ b/Build/tests/largefile/README @@ -1,9 +1,32 @@ -(This file public domain.) +$Id$ +Copyright (C) 2012 Peter Breitenlohner <tex-live@tug.org> +You may freely use, modify and/or distribute this file. -The idea here is to see if a 3gb PDF file can be created, that is, if -largefile support is present and working. Just run make. +Shell scripts and data to test largs file support (LFS) for 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'. -You'll need ppmpat from the netpbm tools to make the test image, -although any image >1gb will do. +============ --ms/peb/karl, 5mar08. +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_ENGINE +to verify that pdfTeX can create PDF files with 2GB or more (based on +lfs.tgz from Martin Schröder <martin@oneiros.de>, compare lfs/*). + +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 test-lfs/*). 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. +
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