GNU/Linux |
RedHat 9.0(Shrike) |
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foomatic-compiledb(1) |
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foomatic-compiledb − compile the foomatic driver database
foomatic-compiledb [−f ] [−j n ] [ driver ... ]
foomatic-compiledb generates all Foomatic data files for a given spooler (or Foomatic combo XML files) and either all drivers/printers, or a selected range of drivers. It generally should not be necessary except for people who want to generate a set of Foomatic data files for distribution. For configuring single printers foomatic-datafile and especially foomatic-configure will automagically compute just what they need.
Options
−t type |
Output file type, one of ppd, cups, lprng, lpd, ppr, pdq, direct, oldcups, xml. Note: "oldcups" are the old-style CUPS-O-Matic PPDs (for XPP 1.0 and older, KDE 2.x). | ||
−f |
Force: Write into the destination directory even if it already exists. | ||
−j n |
n = number of work processes to run |
driver ...
only generate data files for these driver(s)
foomatic-compiledb returns 0 unless something unexpected happens.
Manfred Wassmann <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> and Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> for the foomatic project using output from the associated binary.
Existing files are always conserved instead of older files being overwritten. So deleting the destination directory (rm -rf dir) and calling foomatic-compiledb without the -f option is recommended.
Please send bug reports to foomatic-devel@linuxprinting.org.
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