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 calling foomatic-compiledb without the -f option is recommended. Please send bug reports to foomatic-devel@linuxprinting.org.