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| author | Chris Liddell <chris.liddell@artifex.com> | 2012-03-01 07:43:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Chris Liddell <chris.liddell@artifex.com> | 2012-03-15 11:54:23 +0000 |
| commit | 86dceaeffd322e2b07037f2e3f458f663ab69469 (patch) | |
| tree | 18fb15ced8082bcdc05c606156d3f49e7dcb4fe5 /gs/man | |
| parent | f83ac5903c1609857d68d11207cc9e8f1632d6ad (diff) | |
Bug 692602: revise script vs job confusion
Slight revision to the previous change, again from jrnieder@gmail.com.
CLUSTER_UNTESTED
Diffstat (limited to 'gs/man')
| -rw-r--r-- | gs/man/gs.1 | 9 |
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 . |