pdfatfi(1)

💖 pdfatfi(1) — the manual page ✨

Okay bestie, this is the manual page for pdfatfi, which is the Unix manual, and it's giving helper program for LaTeX 🎀

🌸 NAME

pdfatfi is a help program for the LaTeX package attachfile2. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS

pdfatfi <command> [<options>] <file[.atfi]>]

🦋 DESCRIPTION

Okay so pdfatfi is a helper for the LaTeX package attachfile2, and it's literally so useful 😭

The package also tries to grab meta information about your attachments, like file size, file date, checksum, and more. Main character energy 👑

The script pdfatfi.pl is there for old versions of pdfTeX and XeTeX that don't give you access to file metadata. Those versions are lowkey outdated, but this script has your back 🫶

Using the Perl script is not mandatory. PDF viewers can show this data, but it's not a requirement of the PDF specification, so don't stress if it's missing 💜

Package attachfile2 and the Perl script talk to each other through an auxiliary file with the extension .atfi. The script runs between two LaTeX runs and updates that auxiliary file. It's giving teamwork 🧚

Here's the typical flow, bestie:

latex test
pdfatfi test
latex test
dvips test
ps2pdf test.ps test.pdf

🎀 OPTIONS

Various options are supported, so pick your fave 🍓

• --help — Shows the help text. 💅
• --version — Prints the version number. ✨
• --(no)quiet — Suppresses messages, or doesn't suppress them. Your call 🙈
• --(no)verbose — Verbose printing, or not verbose printing. Chatty or chill 🌈
• --(no)debug — Debug info gets printed, or it doesn't. Lowkey useful when things go sideways 🔥

💀 BUGS

Please log issues on the GitHub homepage, bestie: https://github.com/ho-tex/attachfile2/issues. 🫶

👑 AUTHOR

Heiko Oberdiek (ho-tex@tug.org) 🌟

🦋 SEE ALSO

See attachfile2.pdf for more details. Iykyk 💜

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Stay iconic, bestie! 🌈 This page is pdfatfi(1), last updated 2019-11-24, and it's still slaying 💅✨