How do I convert a mozilla.ps to html or some extention that can be read in a Microsoft OS?

[Willy K. Hamra]

Steven Vollom wrote:
> Willy K. Hamra wrote:
>> Steven Vollom wrote:
>>   
>>> Paul Lemmons wrote:
>>>     
>>>> Steven Vollom wrote:
>>>>       
>>>>> My printer is not working and I have to print a rebate and receipt.  
>>>>> I went to a friend's after copying the doc's. to a thumb drive.  
>>>>> Their computer could not read and print a mozilla.ps.  Is there a 
>>>>> program that converts mozilla.ps to html; and will that print in a 
>>>>> Microsoft PC?  I only have a few days to comply, so thanks for 
>>>>> considering this an important problem.  My gratitude in advance.
>>>>> Steven
>>>>>   
>>>>>         
>>>> Have it print to a pdf instead of ps.
>>>>
>>>> print->print to file  Output Format     * PDF  o Postscript
>>>>       
>>> That is what it says when I print, PDF.  But when the item copied shows 
>>> up on the desktop, it is entered as mozilla.ps, and that is not 
>>> recognized by Windows.  The only person who can help me has had many 
>>> troubles with Mozilla on his computer.  When I tried to print th .ps 
>>> file on his computer, the computer was redirected to a Microsoft site 
>>> for unrecognized file types.  My friend did not want to download 
>>> anything relating to Mozilla; his troubles were so great when he did 
>>> that he just wouldn't do it.
>>>
>>>     
>> Steven, try as someone else suggested, to use the program ps2pdf on ur
>> linux box. on a terminal, cd to the directory containing the .ps file,
>> and type in the terminal:
>> ps2pdf mozilla.ps mozilla.pdf    (or whatever the name of the file is)
>> if ps2pdf is not installed on ur system, it will complain, and it would
>> tell you what package is needed to have this ps2pdf program, and trust,
>> it's a very helpful error message, that will tell you the exact command
>> needed to get the program :-)
>> give it a try
>>
>>   
> Dear Willie,
> 
> I really appreciate the help, however I am a terminal dummy.  I opened a 
> terminal and typed in cd desktop, then cd /desktop, then sudo cd 
> desktop.  That is where I saved the mozilla.ps.
> 
> I am sorry to be so stupid.  I crave being able to use the terminal, 
> however some of the basics are not explained.  Apparently they are so 
> basic that the assumption is that everyone knows.
> 
> I keep getting *'No such file or directory'*.
> 
> Thanks for your patience.
> 
> Steven
> 

it's ok steven, we were all terminal dummies at first ;)
linux is case-sensitive, there is a difference between Desktop and
desktop, to get a list of files, use "ls" , you will see what targets
you can cd to. once in a terminal, type the following:
cd ~/Desktop       (this will to the desktop no matter where you was)
ps2pdf mozilla.ps mozilla.pdf     (if the program is not installed,
you'll get a helpful message here)
feel free to ask if anything else went wrong :-)

-- 
Willy K. Hamra
Manager of Hamra Information Systems
Co. Manager of Zeina Computer & Billy Net
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