Provided by:
fontconfig_2.6.0-1ubuntu12_i386 
NAME
fc-cache - build font information cache files
SYNOPSIS
fc-cache [ -fsvV? ] [ --force ] [ --system-only ] [ --verbose ] [
--version ] [ --help ] [ dirs ]
DESCRIPTION
fc-cache scans the font directories on the system and builds font
information cache files for applications using fontconfig for their
font handling.
If directory arguments are not given, fc-cache uses each directory in
the current font configuration. Each directory is scanned for font
files readable by FreeType. A cache is created which contains
properties of each font and the associated filename. This cache is
used to speed up application startup when using the fontconfig library.
Note that fc-cache must be executed once per architecture to generate
font information customized for that architecture. On a subsequent
run, fc-cache will augment the cache information files with the
information for the new architecture.
OPTIONS
This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
options starting with two dashes (‘-’). A summary of options is
included below.
-f --force
Force re-generation of apparently up-to-date cache files,
overriding the timestamp checking.
-s --system-only
Only scan system-wide directories, omitting the places located
in the user’s home directory.
-v --verbose
Display status information while busy.
-? --help
Show summary of options.
-V --version
Show version of the program and exit.
dirs A list of directories to scan for fonts.
FILES
fonts.cache-2
These files are generated by fc-cache and contain maps from file
names to font properties. They are read by the fontconfig
library at application startup to locate appropriate fonts.
SEE ALSO
fc-list (1).
The fontconfig user’s guide, in HTML format:
/usr/share/doc/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> and
Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>.
05 May 2008 FC-CACHE(1)