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NAME
mktexlsr - create ls-R databases
SYNOPSIS
mktexlsr [directories]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete documentation for this version of TeX can be found in the info file or manual Kpathsea: A library for path searching. mktexlsr is used to generate the ls-R databases used by the kpathsea library. It will create them for the specified directories, or for a default list if no directories are specified.
OPTIONS
mktexlsr accepts the following options: --help Print help message and exit. --version Print version information and exit.