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ppdc (1)

Name

ppdc - cups ppd compiler

Synopsis

ppdc  [ -D name[=value] ] [ -I include-directory ] [ -c message-catalog
] [ -d output-directory ] [ -l language(s) ] [-m] [-t] [ -v ] [ -z ]  [
--cr ] [ --crlf ] [ --lf ] source-file

Description

ppdc(1)                           Apple Inc.                           ppdc(1)



NAME
       ppdc - cups ppd compiler

SYNOPSIS
       ppdc  [ -D name[=value] ] [ -I include-directory ] [ -c message-catalog
       ] [ -d output-directory ] [ -l language(s) ] [-m] [-t] [ -v ] [ -z ]  [
       --cr ] [ --crlf ] [ --lf ] source-file

DESCRIPTION
       ppdc compiles PPDC source files into one or more PPD files.

       The -D option sets the named variable for use in the source file. It is
       equivalent to using the #define directive in the source file.

       The -I option specifies an alternate  include  directory;  multiple  -I
       options can be supplied to add additional directories.

       The  -c  option  specifies a single message catalog file in GNU gettext
       source format (filename.po) to be used for localization.

       The -d option specifies the output directory for PPD files. The default
       output directory is "ppd".

       The  -l  option  specifies one or more languages to use when localizing
       the PPD file(s). The default language is "en" (English). Separate  mul-
       tiple        languages       with       commas,       for       example
       "de_DE,en_UK,es_ES,es_MX,es_US,fr_CA,fr_FR,it_IT" will create PPD files
       with  German,  UK  English,  Spanish  (Spain,  Mexico,  and US), French
       (France and Canada), and Italian languages in each file.

       The -m option specifies that the output filename should be based on the
       ModelName value instead of FileName or PCFilenName.

       The -t option specifies that PPD files should be tested instead of gen-
       erated.

       The -v option provides more verbose output, basically a running  status
       of which files are being loaded or written.

       The  -z  option  generates compressed PPD files (filename.ppd.gz).  The
       default is to generate uncompressed PPD files.

       The --cr, --crlf, and --lf options specify the line  ending  to  use  -
       carriage  return,  carriage  return  and  line  feed, or line feed. The
       default is to use the line feed character alone.


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE  |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Availability   | print/cups       |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Stability      | Volatile         |
       +---------------+------------------+
SEE ALSO
       ppdhtml(1), ppdi(1), ppdmerge(1), ppdpo(1), ppdcfile(5)
       http://localhost:631/help

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2007-2009 by Apple Inc.



NOTES
       This    software    was    built    from    source     available     at
       https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.    The  original  community
       source                was                downloaded                from
       http://ftp.easysw.com/pub/cups/1.4.5/cups-1.4.5-source.tar.bz2

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at http://www.cups.org/.



10 October 2008                      CUPS                              ppdc(1)