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<refname>&dhpackage;</refname>
<refpurpose>build font information cache files</refpurpose>
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<cmdsynopsis>
<command>&dhpackage;</command>
<arg><option>-EfrsvVh</option></arg>
<arg><option>--error-on-no-fonts</option></arg>
<arg><option>--force</option></arg>
<arg><option>--really-force</option></arg>
<group>
<arg><option>-y</option> <option><replaceable>dir</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>--sysroot</option> <option><replaceable>dir</replaceable></option></arg>
</group>
<arg><option>--system-only</option></arg>
<arg><option>--verbose</option></arg>
<arg><option>--version</option></arg>
<arg><option>--help</option></arg>
<arg rep="repeat"><option><replaceable>dir</replaceable></option></arg>
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<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para><command>&dhpackage;</command> scans the font directories on
the system and builds font information cache files for
applications using fontconfig for their font handling.</para>
<para>If directory arguments are not given,
<command>&dhpackage;</command> uses each directory in the
current font configuration. Each directory is scanned for
font files readable by FreeType. A cache is created which
contains properties of each font and the associated filename.
This cache is used to speed up application startup when using
the fontconfig library.</para>
<para>Note that <command>&dhpackage;</command> must be executed
once per architecture to generate font information customized
for that architecture.</para>
</refsect1>
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<title>OPTIONS</title>
<para>This program follows the usual &gnu; command line syntax,
with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of
options is included below.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-E</option>
<option>--error-on-no-fonts</option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Raise an error if there are no fonts in
<option><replaceable>dir</replaceable></option> or directories
in the configuration if not given.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-f</option>
<option>--force</option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Force re-generation of apparently up-to-date cache files,
overriding the timestamp checking.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-r</option>
<option>--really-force</option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Erase all existing cache files and rescan.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-s</option>
<option>--system-only</option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Only scan system-wide directories, omitting the places
located in the user's home directory.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-v</option>
<option>--verbose</option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Display status information while busy.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-y</option>
<option>-sysroot</option>
<option><replaceable>dir</replaceable></option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Prepend <option><replaceable>dir</replaceable></option> to all paths for scanning.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-h</option>
<option>--help</option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Show summary of options.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-V</option>
<option>--version</option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Show version of the program and exit.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option><replaceable>dir</replaceable></option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Directory to scan for fonts.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>RETURN CODES</title>
<para><command>fc-cache</command> returns zero if the caches successfully generated. otherwise non-zero.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>FILES</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><filename><replaceable>%cachedir%</replaceable>/*-<replaceable>%arch%</replaceable>.cache-%version%</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>These files are generated by <command>&dhpackage;</command>
and contain maps from file names to font properties. They are
read by the fontconfig library at application startup to locate
appropriate fonts.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>SEE ALSO</title>
<para>
<command>fc-cat</command>(1)
<command>fc-list</command>(1)
<command>fc-match</command>(1)
<command>fc-pattern</command>(1)
<command>fc-query</command>(1)
<command>fc-scan</command>(1)
</para>
<para>The fontconfig user's guide, in HTML format:
<filename>/usr/share/doc/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html</filename>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>AUTHOR</title>
<para>This manual page was written by Keith Packard
<email>keithp@keithp.com</email> and &dhusername; &dhemail;.</para>
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