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Linux / Unix Command: ps2pdfwr
Command Library

NAME

ps2pdfwr - Convert PostScript to PDF without specifying CompatibilityLevel, using ghostscript  

SYNOPSIS

ps2pdfwr [options...] (input.[e]ps|-) [output.pdf|-]  

DESCRIPTION

This wrapper script invokes gs(1) with following arguments

-q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite

as well as the appropriate -dOutputFile argument, all preceded and followed by any command-line arguments. Finally, the security option -dSAFER is prepended before all the other options.

The version-specific ps2pdf scripts all invoke this one with the addition of the respective compatibility level option.  

SEE ALSO

gs(1), ps2pdf(1)  

Important: Use the man command (% man) to see how a command is used on your particular computer.

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