Man1 - foomatic-compiledb.1
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NAME
foomatic-compiledb - Compile the Foomatic printer/driver database
SYNOPSIS
foomatic-compiledb*/ *[*/ -t*/ type//* ]* [*/ -f**/ *] [*/ -j**/ n/ ]**/ *[ */driver// … ]*
DESCRIPTION
foomatic-compiledb generates all PPD files or Foomatic combo XML files for all possible printer/driver combos, or only for 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-ppdfile(1) and especially foomatic-configure(1) will automagically compute just what they need.
Options
- *-t*/ type/
- Output file type, either ppd or xml.
- -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)
SEE ALSO
/foomatic-ppdfile/(1),/foomatic-configure/(1)
EXIT STATUS
foomatic-compiledb returns 0 unless something unexpected happens.
AUTHORS
Manfred Wassmann </manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de/> and Till Kamppeter </till.kamppeter@gmail.com/> for the foomatic project using output from the associated binary.
BUGS
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 post bug reports on
http://lists.freestandards.org/mailman/listinfo/printing-foomatic