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kpsetool(1) TeXLive kpsetool(1)

NAME

kpsetool - script to make TeXLive-style kpsetool, kpsexpand, and kpsepath available

SYNOPSIS

kpsetool [ OPTIONS... ] COMMAND

kpsexpand [ OPTIONS... ] STRING

kpsepath [ OPTIONS... ] PATHTYPE

DESCRIPTION

kpsetool is a Bourne shell script that makes a TeXLive-style kpsetool, kpsexpand, and kpsepath available.

OPTIONS

set Metafont mode
pretend to be progname to kpathsea
act like kpsepath(1)
act like kpsexpand(1)
act like kpsewhich(1)

USAGE

PATHTYPE can be

Metafont memory dump
BibTeX bibliography source
BibTeX style files
Kpathsea runtime configuration files
dvips config files
dvips header files
TeX memory dump
generic font bitmap
MetaPost memory dump
Metafont source
Metafont program strings
MetaPost source
MetaPost program strings
MetaPost support files
Other kinds of figures
packed bitmap font
TeX source
TeX program strings
TeX font metrics
troff fonts
virtual font

SEE ALSO

kpsewhich(1)

Kpathsea: A library for path searching (info or DVI file)

Web page: <http://tug.org/texlive/>

BUGS

None known, but report any bugs found to <tex-live@tug.org> (mailing list).

AUTHOR

kpsetool was written by Thomas Esser <te@dbs.uni-hannover.de> in March, 1997. kpsetool is in the public domain.

This manual page was written by C.M. Connelly <c@eskimo.com>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system. It may be used by other distributions without contacting the author. Any mistakes or omissions in the manual page are my fault; inquiries about or corrections to this manual page should be directed to me (and not to the primary author).

September 2000 TeXLive