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authorChris Liddell <chris.liddell@artifex.com>2012-03-01 07:43:13 +0000
committerChris Liddell <chris.liddell@artifex.com>2012-03-15 11:54:23 +0000
commit86dceaeffd322e2b07037f2e3f458f663ab69469 (patch)
tree18fb15ced8082bcdc05c606156d3f49e7dcb4fe5
parentf83ac5903c1609857d68d11207cc9e8f1632d6ad (diff)
Bug 692602: revise script vs job confusion
Slight revision to the previous change, again from jrnieder@gmail.com. CLUSTER_UNTESTED
-rw-r--r--gs/man/gs.19
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gs/man/gs.1 b/gs/man/gs.1
index 9cb92c473..8c51527ea 100644
--- a/gs/man/gs.1
+++ b/gs/man/gs.1
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ X Windows). This may be needed if the platform fonts look undesirably
different from the scalable fonts.
.TP
.B \-dSAFER
-Restricts file operations the script can perform. Strongly recommended for
+Restricts file operations the job can perform. Strongly recommended for
spoolers, conversion scripts or other sensitive environments where a badly
written or malicious PostScript program code must be prevented from changing
important files.
@@ -313,9 +313,10 @@ the command line is unrestricted.
SAFER mode prevents changing the /GenericResourceDir, /FontResourceDir,
/SystemParamsPassword, and /StartJobPassword.
.PP
-While SAFER mode is not the default, it is the default for many wrapper jobs
-and may be the default in a subsequent release of Ghostscript. Thus jobs or
-programs that need to open files or set restricted parameters should pass the
+While SAFER mode is not the default, it is the default for many wrapper scripts
+such as ps2pdf and may be the default in a subsequent release of Ghostscript.
+Thus when running programs that need to open files or set restricted parameters
+you should pass the
.B \-dNOSAFER
command line option or its synonym
.BR \-dDELAYSAFER .