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R.utils (version 2.3.0)

compressPDF: Compresses a PDF (into a new PDF)

Description

Compresses a PDF (into a new PDF).

Usage

"compressPDF"(filename, path=NULL, outFilename=basename(pathname), outPath="compressedPDFs", skip=FALSE, overwrite=FALSE, compression="gs(ebook)+qpdf", ...)

Arguments

filename, path
The filename and (optional) path of the PDF to be compressed.
outFilename, outPath
The generated PDF.
skip
If TRUE and an existing output file, then it is returned.
overwrite
If FALSE, an error is thrown if the output file already exists, otherwise not.
compression
A character vector of compression methods to apply. This overrides any low-level arguments passed via ... that compactPDF.
...
Additional arguments passed to compactPDF, e.g. gs_quality.

Value

Returns the pathname of the generated PDF.

See Also

Internally compactPDF is utilized.