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.TH ppdmerge 1 "CUPS" "12 June 2014" "Apple Inc."
.SH NAME
ppdmerge \- merge ppd files (deprecated)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ppdmerge
[
.B \-o
.I output-ppd-file
]
.I ppd-file
.I ppd-file
[ ...
.I ppd-file
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBppdmerge\fR merges two or more PPD files into a single, multi-language
PPD file.
\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
\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
.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 \[co] 2007-2015 by Apple Inc.
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b4a8492a MS	4	.\" Copyright 2007-2014 by Apple Inc.
b4a8492a MS	5	.\" Copyright 1997-2007 by Easy Software Products.
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	8	.\" property of Apple Inc. and are protected by Federal copyright
	9	.\" law. Distribution and use rights are outlined in the file "LICENSE.txt"
	10	.\" which should have been included with this file. If this file is
	11	.\" file is missing or damaged, see the license at "http://www.cups.org/".
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b4a8492a	13	.TH ppdmerge 1 "CUPS" "12 June 2014" "Apple Inc."
ac884b6a	14	.SH NAME
b4a8492a	15	ppdmerge \- merge ppd files (deprecated)
ac884b6a MS	16	.SH SYNOPSIS
ac884b6a MS	17	.B ppdmerge
b4a8492a MS	18	[
b4a8492a MS	19	.B \-o
ac884b6a MS	20	.I output-ppd-file
	21	]
	22	.I ppd-file
b4a8492a MS	23	.I ppd-file
	24	[ ...
	25	.I ppd-file
ac884b6a MS	26	]
ac884b6a MS	27	.SH DESCRIPTION
b4a8492a	28	\fBppdmerge\fR merges two or more PPD files into a single, multi-language
ac884b6a	29	PPD file.
b4a8492a MS	30	\fBThis program is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of CUPS.\fR
	31	.SH OPTIONS
	32	\fBppdmerge\fR supports the following options:
	33	.TP
	34	\fB\-o \fIoutput-ppd-file\fR
	35	Specifies the PPD file to create.
	36	If not specified, the merged PPD file is written to the standard output.
	37	If the output file already exists, it is silently overwritten.
ac884b6a	38	.SH NOTES
b4a8492a MS	39	\fBppdmerge\fR does not check whether the merged PPD files are for the same device.
b4a8492a MS	40	Merging of different device PPDs will yield unpredictable results.
ac884b6a	41	.SH SEE ALSO
b4a8492a MS	42	.BR ppdc (1),
	43	.BR ppdhtml (1),
	44	.BR ppdi (1),
	45	.BR ppdpo (1),
	46	.BR ppdcfile (5),
	47	CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)
ac884b6a	48	.SH COPYRIGHT
fbfee7a8	49	Copyright \[co] 2007-2015 by Apple Inc.