foomatic-compiledb

FOOMATIC-COMPILEDB(1)                                    FOOMATIC-COMPILEDB(1)



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    and  Till  Kamppeter
        for the foomatic project using output from the
       associated binary.


BUGS
       Existing  files are always conserved instead of older files being over‐
       written. 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




Foomatic Project                  2001-05-07             FOOMATIC-COMPILEDB(1)