dvipdf

This command converts a DVI file directly into a (new) PDF file, without going through an intermediate PostScript stage. To create a PDF file ``exam3.pdf'' from a DVI file ``e3b.dvi'' you would type the command

newton>  dvipdf  e3b.dvi  exam3.pdf

manual page for dvipdf

NAME
     dvipdf - Convert TeX DVI file to PDF using ghostscript and dvips

SYNOPSIS
     dvipdf [ options ] input.dvi [ output.pdf ] ...

DESCRIPTION
     This script invokes dvips(1) with the -q option,  and  pipes
     its output into gs(1) with the following options:

               -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite

     as well as -sOutputFile and any options  from  the  command-
     line.

SEE ALSO
     gs(1), dvips(1)
VERSION
     This document was last revised for Ghostscript version 6.0.

AUTHOR
     L. Peter Deutsch  is the principal author
     of  Ghostscript.   Russell  J. Lang  is the
     author of most of the MS Windows code in Ghostscript.   This
     manpage by George Ferguson.