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  <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de>  and  Till  Kamppeter
       <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> 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 send bug reports to foomatic-devel@linuxprinting.org.

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