xfsinfo - X font server information utility
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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.
Environment
FONTSERVER
To get the default fontserver. The server name must be specified in one of the formats defined
in the FontServerNames section of X(7).
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
History
Xfsinfo was originally called fsinfo. It was renamed to avoid a clash with the fsinfo utility from the
Berkeley automounter amd.Name
xfsinfo - X font server information utility
Options
-serverservername
This option specifies the X font server to contact. servername must be specified in one of the
formats defined in the FontServerNames 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.
See Also
xfs(1), fslsfonts(1), X(7).
Synopsis
xfsinfo [-server servername]
