foomatic-compiledb
Compile the Foomatic printer/driver database
see also :
foomatic-ppdfile - foomatic-configure
Synopsis
foomatic-compiledb [ -t type ] [ -f ] [ -j n ] [ driver ... ]
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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)
exit status
foomatic-compiledb returns 0 unless something unexpected
happens.
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
see also
foomatic-ppdfile , foomatic-configure
authors
Manfred
Wassmann <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> and
Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter[:at:]gmx[:dot:]net> for the
foomatic project using output from the associated
binary.