From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Jun 9 10:53:59 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.62]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6A0B37BBC1; Fri, 9 Jun 2000 10:53:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from goldtech@worldpost.com) Received: from 209-122-226-32.s286.tnt1.nyw.ny.dialup.rcn.com ([209.122.226.32] helo=beefstew) by smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #3) id 130SyZ-0001UN-00; Fri, 9 Jun 2000 13:53:48 -0400 Message-ID: <000601bfd23b$c6cd4cf0$20e27ad1@beefstew> From: "leegold" To: "Oscar Ricardo Silva" Cc: , References: <4.2.2.20000609111731.00ae2280@mail.utexas.edu> Subject: Re: How to view postscript files? Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 13:54:35 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org http://www.babinszki.com/distiller/ Oscar, I haven't tried it, check out the above link - they will convert your .ps file to .pdf . That may be easier for you to handle - maybe. ----- Original Message ----- From: Oscar Ricardo Silva To: ; Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 12:39 PM Subject: How to view postscript files? > In learning to use FreeBSD 3.4/4.0 and some other Unix-type systems I've > seen that many documents are distributed in postscript format. If I'm on a > FreeBSD machine, with no X installed, how can I read the contents of these > postscript files? > > I attempted to issue the command: gs myfile.ps but received the following > errors: > > Aladdin Ghostscript 6.01 (2000-03-17) > Copyright (C) 2000 Aladdin Enterprises, Menlo Park, CA. All rights reserved. > This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details. > Error: /invalidfileaccess in --.outputpage-- > Operand stack: > 1 true > Execution stack: > %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- > --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- > --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 > %oparray_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- > --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- 0 3 > %oparray_pop --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- > --nostringval-- > Dictionary stack: > --dict:929/983(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:66/200(L)-- > Current allocation mode is local > Current file position is 25499 > Aladdin Ghostscript 6.01: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 > > > > > Any information would be appreciated. > > > > Oscar > > > > "Don't believe the hype" > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message