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