Re: [gentoo-user] combining pdf files, different size

[Bryan Gardiner <bog@khumba.net>]

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On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 19:17:47 -0700
thelma@sys-concept.com wrote:

> On 11/19/2015 06:39 PM, thelma@sys-concept.com wrote:
> > I'm trying to use "pdfjoin" to combine two different page size pdf files
> > but it will not let me.  Is it possible.
> > 
> > I don't see any switches to ignore page size.
> 
> "pdfunite" works but I have to add/specify output file name.
> With "pdfjoin" it automatically creates the last_name_file + "-join.pdf"
> suffix.
> 
> In XFCE in "Configure Custom Action" menu entry I added:
> pdfjoin %N
> 
> so highlighting several pdf files it gives me output file name "-join"
> if I run it again on same file I get: "-join-join"
> 
> With "pdfunite" it overrides the same file name.

I have this command from no-idea-where to concatenate PDFs using
Ghostscript (all credit to wherever it's from :), and a quick test
seems to show it working for different page sizes (the pages retain
their respective sizes).  If you like the "-join" suffix then use this
script:

#!/bin/sh
exec gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite \
    -sOutputFile="$(basename "$1" .pdf)-join.pdf" "$@"

Cheers,
Bryan

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