xfsinfo - X font server information utility
xfsinfo [-server servername]
XFSINFO(1) General Commands Manual XFSINFO(1)
NAME
xfsinfo - X font server information utility
SYNOPSIS
xfsinfo [-server servername]
DESCRIPTION
Xfsinfo is a utility for displaying information about an X font server.
It is used to examine the capabilities of a server, the predefined val-
ues for various parameters used in communicating between clients and
the server, and the font catalogues and alternate servers that are
available.
OPTIONS
-server servername
This option specifies the X font server to contact. servername
must be specified in one of the formats defined in the Font
Server Names section of X(7). If not specified, the server
name in the FONTSERVER environment variable is used.
-version
This option prints the program version and exits.
HISTORY
Xfsinfo was originally called fsinfo. It was renamed to avoid a clash
with the fsinfo utility from the Berkeley automounter amd.
EXAMPLE
The following shows a sample produced by xfsinfo.
example% xfsinfo -server hansen:7100
name of server: hansen:7100
version number: 1
vendor string: Font Server Prototype
vendor release number: 17
maximum request size: 16384 longwords (65536 bytes)
number of catalogues: 1
all
Number of alternate servers: 2
#0 hansen:7101
#1 hansen:7102
number of extensions: 0
ENVIRONMENT
FONTSERVER
To get the default fontserver. The server name must be speci-
fied in one of the formats defined in the Font Server Names
section of X(7).
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+-----------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+-----------------------+
|Availability | x11/xfs/xfs-utilities |
+---------------+-----------------------+
|Stability | Volatile |
+---------------+-----------------------+
SEE ALSO
xfs(1), fslsfonts(1), X(7).
AUTHOR
Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices, Inc
NOTES
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from ['https://www.x.org/releases/individ-
ual/app/fstobdf-1.0.6.tar.bz2', 'https://www.x.org/releases/individ-
ual/app/fslsfonts-1.0.5.tar.bz2', 'https://www.x.org/releases/individ-
ual/app/showfont-1.0.5.tar.bz2', 'https://www.x.org/releases/individ-
ual/app/xfsinfo-1.0.6.tar.bz2'].
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at https://www.x.org.
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