Man page 1 : kpsetool

kpsetool - script to make teTeX-style kpsetool, kpsexpand, and kpsepath available

kpsetool [ OPTIONS... ] COMMAND

kpsexpand [ OPTIONS... ] STRING

kpsepath [ OPTIONS... ] PATHTYPE

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.

-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)

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

kpsewhich(1)

Kpathsea: A library for path searching (info or DVI file)

Web page: <http://tug.org/teTeX/>

None known, but report any bugs found to <> (mailing list).

kpsetool was written by Thomas Esser <> in March, 1997. kpsetool is in the public domain.

This manual page was written by C.M. Connelly <>, 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).