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15 .TH ppdc 1 "Common UNIX Printing System" "10 October 2008" "Apple Inc."
16 .SH NAME
17 ppdc \- cups ppd compiler
18 .SH SYNOPSIS
19 .B ppdc
20 [ -D
21 .I name[=value]
22 ] [ -I
23 .I include-directory
24 ] [ -c
25 .I message-catalog
26 ] [ -d
27 .I output-directory
28 ] [ -l
29 .I language(s)
30 ] [-m] [-t] [ -v ] [ -z ] [ --cr ] [ --crlf ] [ --lf ]
31 .I source-file
32 .SH DESCRIPTION
33 \fIppdc\fR compiles PPDC source files into one or more PPD
34 files.
35 .PP
36 The \fI-D\fR option sets the named variable for use in the
37 source file. It is equivalent to using the #define directive
38 in the source file.
39 .PP
40 The \fI-I\fR option specifies an alternate include directory;
41 multiple \fI-I\fR options can be supplied to add additional
42 directories.
43 .PP
44 The \fI-c\fR option specifies a single message catalog file in GNU
45 gettext source format (filename.po) to be used for localization.
46 .PP
47 The \fI-d\fR option specifies the output directory for PPD
48 files. The default output directory is "ppd".
49 .PP
50 The \fI-l\fR option specifies one or more languages to use when
51 localizing the PPD file(s). The default language is "en"
52 (English). Separate multiple languages with commas, for example
53 "de_DE,en_UK,es_ES,es_MX,es_US,fr_CA,fr_FR,it_IT" will create PPD
54 files with German, UK English, Spanish (Spain, Mexico, and US),
55 French (France and Canada), and Italian languages in each file.
56 .PP
57 The \fI-m\fR option specifies that the output filename should be
58 based on the ModelName value instead of FileName or PCFilenName.
59 .PP
60 The \fI-t\fR option specifies that PPD files should be tested instead
61 of generated.
62 .PP
63 The \fI-v\fR option provides more verbose output, basically a
64 running status of which files are being loaded or written.
65 .PP
66 The \fI-z\fR option generates compressed PPD files (filename.ppd.gz).
67 The default is to generate uncompressed PPD files.
68 .PP
69 The \fI--cr\fR, \fI--crlf\fR, and \fI--lf\fR options specify the
70 line ending to use - carriage return, carriage return and line feed,
71 or line feed. The default is to use the line feed character alone.
72 .SH SEE ALSO
73 ppdhtml(1), ppdi(1), ppdmerge(1), ppdpo(1), ppdcfile(5)
74 .br
75 http://localhost:631/help
76 .SH COPYRIGHT
77 Copyright 2007-2009 by Apple Inc.
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