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Retrieving Web pages as PostScript or PDF files

The following command allows you to retrieve any Web document converted into PostScript file (including the images, if any, in the document) or Portable Document Format (PDF). But note that you cannot convert to PostScript or PDF protected Web pages. Send an e-mail

          To: www4mail@wm.ictp.trieste.it
     Subject:         (... whatever you like)
 
     GETPS           (use one option line only!)
     URL_here

Use instead GETPDF to retrieve Portable Document Format files. The requested Web document is sent as an attachment. This will force your Mail User Agent the save file option or to open it automatically using a PostScript viewer (such as Ghostview) or PDF Acrobad Reader (or xpdf in Linux).

If other commands are not used in conjunction with GETPS or GETPDF (such as GETSIZE to set the size of the www4mail reply message) , www4mail uses its default values -see section Automatic Splitting of Messages.

If the file requested is bigger than 300kB, then it will automatically get split and sent in separate e-mails. A suitable application or command (like UNIX cat file1 file2 file3 > output.ps) can be used to combine all chunks.

To receive the Web pages as PostScript or PDF files in the body of an e-mail and uuendoded, then you can use the following option

          To: www4mail@wm.ictp.trieste.it
     Subject:         (... whatever you like)
 
     GETPS           (use one option line only!)
     XUUENCODE
     URL_here

Use instead GETPDF to retrieve Portable Document Format files. www4mail will always reply with an extra e-mail messages with your usage statistics.


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