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  13 .TH ppdi 1 "CUPS" "12 June 2014" "Apple Inc."
  14 .SH NAME
  15 ppdi \- import ppd files (deprecated)
  16 .SH SYNOPSIS
  17 .B ppdi
  18 [
  19 .B \-I
  20 .I include-directory
  21 ] [
  22 .B \-o
  23 .I source-file
  24 ]
  25 .I ppd-file
  26 [ ...
  27 .I ppd-file
  28 ]
  29 .SH DESCRIPTION
  30 \fBppdi\fR imports one or more PPD files into a PPD compiler source file.
  31 Multiple languages of the same PPD file are merged into a single printer definition to facilitate accurate changes for all localizations.
  32 \fBThis program is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of CUPS.\fR
  33 .SH OPTIONS
  34 \fBppdi\fR supports the following options:
  35 .TP 5
  36 \fB\-I \fIinclude-directory\fR
  37 Specifies an alternate include directory.
  38 Multiple \fI-I\fR options can be supplied to add additional directories.
  39 .TP 5
  40 \fB\-o \fIsource-file\fR
  41 Specifies the PPD source file to update.
  42 If the source file does not exist, a new source file is created.
  43 Otherwise the existing file is merged with the new PPD file(s) on the command-line.
  44 If no source file is specified, the filename \fIppdi.drv\fR is used.
  45 .SH SEE ALSO
  46 .BR ppdc (1),
  47 .BR ppdhtml (1),
  48 .BR ppdmerge (1),
  49 .BR ppdpo (1),
  50 .BR ppdcfile (5),
  51 CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)
  52 .SH COPYRIGHT
  53 Copyright \[co] 2007-2017 by Apple Inc.