xfsinfo(1)

xfsinfo1

X font server information utility

Usage

xfsinfo [-server servername]

Overview

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 servername

This option specifies the X font server to contact. servername must be specified in one of the formats defined in the Font Server Names 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.

Examples

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

Environment

FONTSERVER

To get the default fontserver. The server name must be specified in one of the formats defined in the Font Server Names section of X(7).

Releases

10 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 4.0–5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 9–12
  6. 13

-version since Debian 9 (Stretch).

History

Xfsinfo was originally called fsinfo. It was renamed to avoid a clash with the fsinfo utility from the Berkeley automounter amd.

Author

Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices, Inc

From x11-xfs-utils 7.7+3 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.