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| .TH FC-CACHE 1 __vendorversion__ |
| .SH NAME |
| fc-cache, fonts.cache \- create an index of FreeType font files in a directory |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B "fc-cache" |
| .RI [ directory-name |
| \|.\|.\|. ] |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| If directory arguments are not given, |
| .I fc-cache |
| 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 application startup when using the fontconfig library. |
| .SH FILES |
| .TP 15 |
| .B fonts.cache |
| Maps file names to font properties. Read by the fontconfig library at |
| application startup to locate appropriate fonts. |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| fontconfig(3) |
