Q:
ABSTRACT: AFP Split for PSF/AIX
SEARCH ARG: afp split
TOPIC THREAD: PRINT
AFP
PSF6000
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Customer has been told of an "AFP Split" function that
should be present in PSF/AIX. They cannot find it.
Can you tell me what this is and where to locate it
within PSF/6000?
The customer wants to be able to take large AFP files
and be able to "split" them by range (page numbers or something)
into smaller "chunks". They want this function on the
AIX platform. They have a PSF/AIX license installed.
THANKS,
A:
The "afpsplit" command comes standard in PSF for AIX V2. The executable
is located in /usr/lpp/psf/bin. The syntax and instructions are in the
PSF for AIX Version 2 documentation in Print Submission. It's pretty
straightforward and should provide exactly the function you described:
afpsplit Command
Purpose: Extracts a page or a range of pages from an AFP MO:DCA-P
input file and creates a MO:DCA-P output file.
Syntax: afpsplit -fpage -ppage outputfile
Description: The afpsplit command extracts a page or a range of pages
from an AFP MO:DCA-P document and creates MO:DCA-P output. The
afpsplit command reads from stdin and writes to stdout.
You might use the afpsplit command to create a separate file starting
at the 25th page and ending at the 50th page of a 200 page document.
After you use the afpsplit command to create a file, you can view, store
or print that file.
Flags:
-fpage = Specifies the forward space function, where page indicates
the number of pages (0-999999999) that you can forward space
from the beginning of the input file to start extracting the
page or range of pages.
If you do not specify the -f flag, the extraction starts at
the beginning of the file. If you specify more than one -f
flag, the last one you specify is used.
-ppage = Specifies the page end function, where page indicates the
number of pages (0-999999999) to be extracted.
If you do not specify the -p flag, all pages from the
forward space point to the end of the input file are included
in the output. If you specify more than one -p flag, the
last one you specify is used.
outputfile = Specifies the name of the file for the page or range
of pages produced by afpsplit. If you do not specify a file
name, afpsplit uses stdout.
Example:
To extract pages 21-30 from a MO:DCA-P input file called "input.afp"
and use the enq command to print those 10 pages on a printer called
psf3130, enter:
afpsplit -f20 -p10
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Dated: 05/1999 Category: XPSF6000
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