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Ankur Shah
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Ankur Shah has been working with Linux/AIX for last 4 years as a System Administrator. His previous assignment was with Packt Publishing, where he worked as System Administrator and also started implementing CUPS. He completed his graduation in Computer Engineering from Nagpur University, India. He is currently working as a SAP Basis Administrator and also started working on Governance Risk and Compliance for access Control. He is also interested in Oracle Database Administration and Security. He is the biggest fan of Kajol (a Bollywood actress) and dedicates this book to her. The day her movie releases is a day of celebration for him and he only parties once a year - 5th August - that's Kajol's birthday. It goes without saying that he watches all her movies several times - often dragging his friends and family to participate in his madness.
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An Overview of the mime.convs file

The mime.convs file contains the filters that are used to convert files from one format to another for any given MIME type. Here CUPS basically tries to construct a valid filter chain from the beginning to the end, under the directive of the PPD. Also, every filter has a virtual cost attached to it. The syntax for each rule in the file is: 

super/type(Source) super/type(Destination) cost filter

  • super/type (source): The super/type field for source is a MIME type that may use a wildcard for the super-type or sub-type (for example).

  • super/type (destination): The destination field is a MIME type defined in the mime.types file.

  • Cost: The cost field defines a relative cost for the filtering operation. The value for cost ranges from 1 to 100. It is used to choose between two different sets of filters when converting a file.

  • Filter: The filter field defines the filter-program, which runs to convert the source MIME to destination MIME type. The special program "-"...

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Ankur Shah has been working with Linux/AIX for last 4 years as a System Administrator. His previous assignment was with Packt Publishing, where he worked as System Administrator and also started implementing CUPS. He completed his graduation in Computer Engineering from Nagpur University, India. He is currently working as a SAP Basis Administrator and also started working on Governance Risk and Compliance for access Control. He is also interested in Oracle Database Administration and Security. He is the biggest fan of Kajol (a Bollywood actress) and dedicates this book to her. The day her movie releases is a day of celebration for him and he only parties once a year - 5th August - that's Kajol's birthday. It goes without saying that he watches all her movies several times - often dragging his friends and family to participate in his madness.
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