Type\\[0.2em]
\verb|  |\texttt{bmeps [}\textit{options}\texttt{] [}\textit{input-file}\texttt{] [}\textit{output-file}\texttt{] [}\textit{options}\texttt{]}\\[0.2em]
or\\[0.2em]
\verb|  |\texttt{bmeps [}\textit{options}\texttt{] [} \textit{directory}\texttt{]}\\[0.2em]
to run bmeps.\\
The following command line options are available:
\begin{itemize}
\item	\texttt{-h}\\
shows a help text.
\item	\texttt{-v}\\
shows the version number and the license conditions.
\item	\texttt{-c}\texttt{ -l}\ldots\\
save the ``-l'' settings as permanent options (defaults).
\item	\texttt{-u}\\
removes the permanent options.
\item	\texttt{-C}\\
shows the current configuration.
\item	\texttt{-l}\textit{configuration}\\
chooses a configuration, optional configuration entry overwrites
may follow, separated by comma.
\item	\texttt{-o}\textit{name}\texttt{=}\textit{value}\\
overwrites a configuration entry (can be used multiple times).
\item	\texttt{-f}\textit{frame-number}\\
\texttt{-f}\textit{start-frame}\texttt{-}\textit{end-frame}\\
chooses the frames to process if an input file contains multiple
frames (i.e. \textsc{tiff} files).
\item	\texttt{-m}\\
\texttt{-m-}\\
activates/deactivates make mode. If bmeps is run on a directory, the directory
contents is inspected and a conversion is started for each input file
bmeps can handle.\\
In make mode bmeps checks whether or not an up-to-date conversion output
already exists. A conversion is started only if the output file is not
yet present or not up to date.
\item	\texttt{-a}\\
automatically chooses an output file name if necessary. The output file
name is based on the input file name and the output driver.\\
You can use
\begin{lstlisting}
bmeps -a -lbb picture.png
\end{lstlisting}
to produce the picture.bb file.
\item	\texttt{-t}\textit{file-type}\\
specifies the file type (``png'' for \textsc{png} files,
``jpg'' for \textsc{jpeg} files, ``pbm'' for NetPBM files or
``tiff'' for \textsc{tiff} files). This option is only necessary
if bmeps processes standard input and no input file name is known.
\item	\texttt{-A}\\\texttt{-A-}\\
suppresses/enables the notification about alpha channels transferred from
\textsc{png} or \textsc{tiff} to \textsc{pdf}. If \textsc{pdf} files
containing alpha channels are used by \LaTeX{} sources the preamble should
contain a special setup instruction to prevent \textsc{pdf} viewers from
using \textsc{cmyk} as intermediate color space. So when creating such
\textsc{pdf} files bmeps issues a reminder.
\end{itemize}
If the ``-l'' option is not used bmeps attempts to find a configuration name
by inspecting the output file name. In this case all options to overwrite
configuration entries \emph{must} be placed after the name of the
output file.
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