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Chapter 4: Starting Up ScanShop
Overview
The ScanShop application can be run with or without the graphical user interface
or GUI. Both ways are covered in the following sections:
• Running ScanShop
• Command Line Options
Running ScanShop
To run ScanShop using the GUI and the current default settings, simply go to the
directory where you installed ScanShop and type:
./scanshop
(If you included the ScanShop directory in your PATH environment variable
assignment, then you may begin running the program from any directory.)
The graphical user interface will then pop up and ScanShop will ready to be used.
Alternatively, if you want to pre-set certain program options from the command
line, a number of command line options are available to run ScanShop without
the graphical user interface.
Command Line Options
ScanShop has a command line interface which allows you to set certain program
options at the time that you call up the program. In addition, a version of the
program is provided which bypasses the graphical user interface, allowing you
to scan and save images directly from the command line, or from within shell
scripts, C programs, and other applications.
The command line syntax is as follows. For ScanShop with graphical user
interface: