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## 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

None known, but report any bugs found to <tetex@dbs.uni-hannover.de> (mailing list).

## Author

kpsetool was written by Thomas Esser <te@dbs.uni-hannover.de> in March, 1997. kpsetool is in the public domain.

This manual page was written by C.M. Connelly <c@eskimo.com>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system. It may be used by other distributions without contacting the author. Any mistakes or omissions in the manual page are my fault; inquiries about or corrections to this manual page should be directed to me (and not to the primary author).

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