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27e0d6f8 | 2 | .\" ppdc man page for CUPS. |
ac884b6a | 3 | .\" |
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4 | .\" Copyright © 2007-2019 by Apple Inc. |
5 | .\" Copyright © 1997-2007 by Easy Software Products. | |
ac884b6a | 6 | .\" |
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7 | .\" Licensed under Apache License v2.0. See the file "LICENSE" for more |
8 | .\" information. | |
ac884b6a | 9 | .\" |
87030afb | 10 | .TH ppdc 1 "CUPS" "26 April 2019" "Apple Inc." |
ac884b6a | 11 | .SH NAME |
b4a8492a | 12 | ppdc \- cups ppd compiler (deprecated) |
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13 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
14 | .B ppdc | |
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15 | [ |
16 | \fB\-D \fIname\fR[\fB=\fIvalue\fR] | |
17 | ] [ | |
18 | .B \-I | |
ac884b6a | 19 | .I include-directory |
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20 | ] [ |
21 | .B \-c | |
ac884b6a | 22 | .I message-catalog |
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23 | ] [ |
24 | .B \-d | |
ac884b6a | 25 | .I output-directory |
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26 | ] [ |
27 | .B \-l | |
ac884b6a | 28 | .I language(s) |
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29 | ] [ |
30 | .B \-m | |
31 | ] [ | |
32 | .B \-t | |
33 | ] [ | |
34 | .B \-v | |
35 | ] [ | |
36 | .B \-z | |
37 | ] [ | |
38 | .B \-\-cr | |
39 | ] [ | |
40 | .B \-\-crlf | |
41 | ] [ | |
42 | .B \-\-lf | |
43 | ] | |
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44 | .I source-file |
45 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
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46 | \fBppdc\fR compiles PPDC source files into one or more PPD files. |
47 | \fBThis program is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of CUPS.\fR | |
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48 | .SH OPTIONS |
49 | \fBppdc\fR supports the following options: | |
50 | .TP 5 | |
51 | \fB\-D \fIname\fR[\fB=\fIvalue\fR] | |
52 | Sets the named variable for use in the source file. | |
27e0d6f8 | 53 | It is equivalent to using the \fI#define\fR directive in the source file. |
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54 | .TP 5 |
55 | \fB\-I \fIinclude-directory\fR | |
56 | Specifies an alternate include directory. | |
57 | Multiple \fI-I\fR options can be supplied to add additional directories. | |
58 | .TP 5 | |
59 | \fB\-c \fImessage-catalog\fR | |
60 | Specifies a single message catalog file in GNU gettext (filename.po) or Apple strings (filename.strings) format to be used for localization. | |
61 | .TP 5 | |
62 | \fB\-d \fIoutput-directory\fR | |
63 | Specifies the output directory for PPD files. | |
64 | The default output directory is "ppd". | |
65 | .TP 5 | |
66 | \fB\-l \fIlanguage(s)\fR | |
67 | Specifies one or more languages to use when localizing the PPD file(s). | |
68 | The default language is "en" (English). | |
69 | Separate multiple languages with commas, for example "de_DE,en_UK,es_ES,es_MX,es_US,fr_CA,fr_FR,it_IT" will create PPD files with German, UK English, Spanish (Spain, Mexico, and US), French (France and Canada), and Italian languages in each file. | |
70 | .TP 5 | |
71 | .B \-m | |
72 | Specifies that the output filename should be based on the ModelName value instead of FileName or PCFilenName. | |
73 | .TP 5 | |
74 | .B \-t | |
75 | Specifies that PPD files should be tested instead of generated. | |
76 | .TP 5 | |
77 | .B \-v | |
78 | Specifies verbose output, basically a running status of which files are being loaded or written. | |
79 | .B \-z | |
80 | Generates compressed PPD files (filename.ppd.gz). | |
ac884b6a | 81 | The default is to generate uncompressed PPD files. |
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82 | .TP 5 |
83 | \fB\-\-cr\fR | |
84 | .TP 5 | |
85 | \fB\-\-crlf\fR | |
86 | .TP 5 | |
87 | \fB\-\-lf\fR | |
88 | Specifies the line ending to use - carriage return, carriage return and line feed, or line feed alone. | |
89 | The default is to use the line feed character alone. | |
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90 | .SH NOTES |
91 | PPD files are deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future feature release of CUPS. | |
92 | Printers that do not support IPP can be supported using applications such as | |
93 | .BR ippeveprinter (1). | |
ac884b6a | 94 | .SH SEE ALSO |
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95 | .BR ppdhtml (1), |
96 | .BR ppdi (1), | |
97 | .BR ppdmerge (1), | |
98 | .BR ppdpo (1), | |
99 | .BR ppdcfile (5), | |
100 | CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help) | |
ac884b6a | 101 | .SH COPYRIGHT |
87030afb | 102 | Copyright \[co] 2007-2019 by Apple Inc. |