foomatic-compiledb - Compile the Foomatic printer/driver database
foomatic-compiledb [ -t type ] [ -f ] [ -j n ] [ driver ... ]
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)
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+--------------------------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+--------------------------------------+
|Availability | print/cups/filter/foomatic-db-engine |
+---------------+--------------------------------------+
|Stability | Volatile |
+---------------+--------------------------------------+
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 post bug reports on
http://lists.freestandards.org/mailman/listinfo/printing-foomatic
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from /foomatic-db-engine-3.0-20080903.tar.gz
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/work-
groups/openprinting/database/foomatic/.
Foomatic Project 2001-05-07 FOOMATIC-COMPILEDB(1)