kpsetool(1)

NAME
kpsetool - script to make teTeX-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 teTeX-style kpsetool, kpsexpand, and kpsepath available. kpsetool uses web2c's (new) kpsexpand binary, so the syntax for kpsexpand is incompatible with teTeX's as of version 0.4.

OPTIONS

-m mode
    set Metafont mode

-n progname
    pretend to be progname to kpathsea

-p  act like kpsepath(1)

-v  act like kpsexpand(1)

-w  act like kpsewhich(1)

USAGE

PATHTYPE can be

base
    Metafont memory dump

bib BibTeX bibliography source

bst BibTeX style files

cnf Kpathsea runtime configuration files

dvips_config
    dvips config files

dvips_header
    dvips header files

fmt TeX memory dump

gf  generic font bitmap

mem MetaPost memory dump

mf  Metafont source

mfpool
    Metafont program strings

mp  MetaPost source

mppool
    MetaPost program strings

mpsupport
    MetaPost support files

pict
    Other kinds of figures

pk  packed bitmap font

tex TeX source

texpool
    TeX program strings

tfm TeX font metrics

troff_font
    troff fonts

vf  virtual font

SEE ALSO

kpsewhich(1)

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

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

BUGS

Email bug reports to <https://lists.tug.org/tex-k> (public mailing list).

AUTHOR

kpsetool was written by Thomas Esser in March, 1997. kpsetool is in the public domain.

This manual page was written by C.M. Connelly for the Debian GNU/Linux system. It is now maintained as part of TeX Live.