FOOMATIC-COMPILEDB(1) General Commands Manual 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 overwritten. So deleting the destination directory (rm -rf dir) and call-
ing 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)
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foomatic-compiledb - compile the foomatic driver database
SYNOPSIS
foomatic-compiledb [-f ] [-j n ] [ driver ... ]
DESCRIPTION
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)
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 overwritten. So deleting the destination directory (rm -rf dir) and call-
ing 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)