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## NAME
       **paperconf** - print paper configuration information

## SYNOPSIS
       **paperconf** [ [ **-p** ] _paper_ | **-d** | **-a** ] [ **-z** ] [ **-n** | **-N** ] [ **-s** | **-w** | **-h** ] [ **-c** | **-m** | **-i** ]

## DESCRIPTION
       **paperconf**  prints  information  about a given paper.  The information that can be obtained is
       the name of the paper, its size and its width or height.  When called without arguments,  **pa**‐‐
       **perconf**  prints the name of the system- or user-specified paper, obtained by looking in order
       at the **PAPERSIZE** environment variable, at the contents of the file specified by the **PAPERCONF**
       environment  variable,  at  the  contents of **/etc/papersize** or by using **letter** as a fall-back
       value if none of the other alternatives are successful.  By default, width and height of  the
       paper are printed in PostScript points.

## OPTIONS
### -p
              Specify the name of the _paper_ about which information is asked.

### -d

### -a

### -z
              exit with a non-zero code.

### -n

### -N

### -s

### -w

### -h

### -c

### -m

### -i


## ENVIRONMENT
       **PAPERSIZE**           Paper size to use regardless of what the papersize file contains.

       **PAPERCONF**           Full path to a file containing the paper size to use.

## FILES
       **/etc/papersize**      Contains the name of the system-wide default paper size to be used if the
                           **PAPERSIZE** and **PAPERCONF** variables are not set.

## AUTHOR
       Yves Arrouye <<arrouye@debian.org>>

## SEE ALSO
       [**papersize**(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/papersize/5/markdown)




                                            24 April 2001                               [PAPERCONF(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/PAPERCONF/1/markdown)