[bug-pcl] Re: bug-pcl post from koenig@science-computing.de requires approval

[Stefan Kemper]

Hi Harald,

Thanks for the patch, sorry but I mistakenly deleted your message as
spam, attached below.

Best Regards,
Stefan Kemper
Artifex Software Inc.
> On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 05:12 -0800, bug-pcl-owner at ghostscript.com
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > trying to convert a PCL file with paper size A4 to PDF using
> > 
> > 	pcl2pdf  "-J at PJL SET PAPER=A4"  file.pcl file.pdf
> > 
> > fails with error message
> > 
> > 	Unable to open SET for reading.
> > 
> > because of wrong quoting in the script pcl2pdfwr.  using the following 
> > patch fixes both the problem with spaces in options and in file names:
> > 
> > 
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --- ghostpcl_1.40/tools/pcl2pdfwr~	2004-02-16 21:48:06.000000000 +0100
> > +++ ghostpcl_1.40/tools/pcl2pdfwr	2004-12-02 14:12:40.000000000 +0100
> > @@ -6,31 +6,31 @@
> >  while true
> >  do
> >  	case "$1" in
> > -	-?*) OPTIONS="$OPTIONS $1" ;;
> > +	-?*) OPTIONS="$OPTIONS \"$1\"" ;;
> >  	*)  break ;;
> >  	esac
> >  	shift
> >  done
> >  
> >  if [ $# -lt 1 -o $# -gt 2 ]; then
> > -	echo "Usage: `basename $0` [options...] (input.pcl|-) [output.pdf|-]" 1>&2
> > +	echo "Usage: `basename "$0"` [options...] (input.pcl|-) [output.pdf|-]" 1>&2
> >  	exit 1
> >  fi
> >  
> > -infile=$1;
> > +infile="$1";
> >  
> >  if [ $# -eq 1 ]
> >  then
> >  	case "${infile}" in
> >  	  -)		outfile=- ;;
> > -	  *.pcl)	base=`basename ${infile} .pcl`; outfile=${base}.pdf ;;
> > -	  *.pxl)	base=`basename ${infile} .pxl`; outfile=${base}.pdf ;;
> > -	  *)		base=`basename ${infile}`; outfile=${base}.pdf ;;
> > +	  *.pcl)	base=`basename "${infile}" .pcl`; outfile="${base}.pdf" ;;
> > +	  *.pxl)	base=`basename "${infile}" .pxl`; outfile="${base}.pdf" ;;
> > +	  *)		base=`basename "${infile}"`; outfile="${base}.pdf" ;;
> >  	esac
> >  else
> > -	outfile=$2
> > +	outfile="$2"
> >  fi
> >  
> >  # We have to include the options twice because -I only takes effect if it
> >  # appears before other options.
> > -exec pcl6 $OPTIONS  -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=$outfile $OPTIONS $infile
> > +eval exec pcl6 "$OPTIONS"  -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile="$outfile" "$OPTIONS" "$infile"
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > 
> > Harald Koenig
> email message attachment
> On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 05:12 -0800, bug-pcl-owner at ghostscript.com
> wrote:
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