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-.\" "$Id: ppdmerge.man 7600 2008-05-20 21:06:23Z mike $"
+.\" ppdmerge man page for CUPS.
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-.\" ppdmerge man page for the Common UNIX Printing System.
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-.TH ppdmerge 1 "Common UNIX Printing System" "20 May 2008" "Apple Inc."
+.TH ppdmerge 1 "CUPS" "12 June 2014" "Apple Inc."
.SH NAME
-ppdmerge \- merge ppd files
+ppdmerge \- merge ppd files (deprecated)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ppdmerge
-[ \-o
+[
+.B \-o
.I output-ppd-file
]
.I ppd-file
-.I ppd-file2
-[
-.I ... ppd-fileN
+.I ppd-file
+[ ...
+.I ppd-file
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
-\fIppdmerge\fR merges two or more PPD files into a single, multi-language
+\fBppdmerge\fR merges two or more PPD files into a single, multi-language
PPD file.
-.PP
-The \fI-o\fR option specifies the PPD file to create. If not specified,
-the merged PPD file is written to the standard output. If the output file
-already exists, the new
+\fBThis program is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of CUPS.\fR
+.SH OPTIONS
+\fBppdmerge\fR supports the following options:
+.TP
+\fB\-o \fIoutput-ppd-file\fR
+Specifies the PPD file to create.
+If not specified, the merged PPD file is written to the standard output.
+If the output file already exists, it is silently overwritten.
.SH NOTES
-\fIppdmerge\fR does not check whether the merged PPD files are for the
-same device. Merging of different device PPDs will yield unpredictable
-results.
+\fBppdmerge\fR does not check whether the merged PPD files are for the same device.
+Merging of different device PPDs will yield unpredictable results.
.SH SEE ALSO
-cupsprofile(1), ppdc(1), ppdhtml(1), ppdi(1), ppdpo(1), ppdcfile(5)
-.br
-http://localhost:631/help
+.BR ppdc (1),
+.BR ppdhtml (1),
+.BR ppdi (1),
+.BR ppdpo (1),
+.BR ppdcfile (5),
+CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)
.SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright 2007-2009 by Apple Inc.
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-.\" End of "$Id: ppdmerge.man 7600 2008-05-20 21:06:23Z mike $".
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