#!/bin/bash

# -i input1,input2,.... -o output.pdf

# needs ghostscript-esp-7

usage() {
	echo
	echo "Converts one or more postscript files to pdf"
	echo
	echo "Usage:"
	echo "      $(basename $0) input1,input2,... output"
	echo
	echo "written by Niels Rogalla <niro@magellan-linux.de>"
	echo

	exit 1
}

[ $# -ne 2 ] && usage


INPUT_FILES="$1"
OUTPUT_FILE="$2"
TEMP="/var/tmp/ps2pdf-ext-$$.ps"

echo
echo "ps2pdf-extended, Niels Rogalla <niro@magellan-linux.de>"
echo

#create a empty temp file
:> ${TEMP}

OLD_IFS="$IFS"
IFS=","
for i in ${INPUT_FILES}
do
	echo "     Processing ${i} ..."
	cat ${i} >> ${TEMP}
done
IFS="${OLD_IFS}"

echo -n "     Creating PDF '${OUTPUT_FILE}' ..."
ps2pdf ${TEMP} ${OUTPUT_FILE}

# remove temp file
[ -f ${TEMP} ] && rm ${TEMP}

echo "done"
echo