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 values for various parameters used in communicating between clients and the server, and the font catalogues and alternate servers that are available.

OPTIONS

-server host:port
This option specifies the X font server to contact.

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.


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.

SEE ALSO

xfs(1), fslsfonts(1)

AUTHOR

Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices, Inc
XFree86 4.5.0