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@gmail.com>  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 post bug reports on

       http://lists.freestandards.org/mailman/listinfo/printing-foomatic