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Article #138Re: How do I recognize postscript from a file
From: Vidiot
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 04:01
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 04:01
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In article <1992Nov3.083527.20756@ugle.unit.no> helgeaa@colargol (Helge O. Aarstein) writes:
<We are trying to make a filter for the lp-command to reject
<non-postscript files. But, there is a problem:
< How can I be sure that the file contains postscript-
< code?
The best is to look for these two characters at the beginning of the file:
%!
While that doesn't mean that what follows is PostScript, that is the standard
that all printer filters are looking for.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!decwrl!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!daffy!uwvax!astroatc!vidiot!brown From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: How do I recognize postscript from a file Message-ID: <4383@vidiot.UUCP> Date: 4 Nov 92 04:01:50 GMT References: <1992Nov3.083527.20756@ugle.unit.no> Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) Organization: Vidiot's Hangout Lines: 17