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| <h1 class="title">ppdc(1)</h1> |
| <h2 class="title"><a name="NAME">Name</a></h2> |
| ppdc - cups ppd compiler (deprecated) |
| <h2 class="title"><a name="SYNOPSIS">Synopsis</a></h2> |
| <b>ppdc</b> |
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| <b>-D </b><i>name</i>[<b>=</b><i>value</i>] |
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| <b>-I</b> |
| <i>include-directory</i> |
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| <b>-c</b> |
| <i>message-catalog</i> |
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| <b>-d</b> |
| <i>output-directory</i> |
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| <b>-l</b> |
| <i>language(s)</i> |
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| <b>-m</b> |
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| <b>-t</b> |
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| <b>-v</b> |
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| <b>-z</b> |
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| <b>--cr</b> |
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| <b>--crlf</b> |
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| <b>--lf</b> |
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| <i>source-file</i> |
| <h2 class="title"><a name="DESCRIPTION">Description</a></h2> |
| <b>ppdc</b> compiles PPDC source files into one or more PPD files. |
| <b>This program is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of CUPS.</b> |
| <h2 class="title"><a name="OPTIONS">Options</a></h2> |
| <b>ppdc</b> supports the following options: |
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| <dt><b>-D </b><i>name</i>[<b>=</b><i>value</i>] |
| <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Sets the named variable for use in the source file. |
| It is equivalent to using the <i>#define</i> directive in the source file. |
| <dt><b>-I </b><i>include-directory</i> |
| <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies an alternate include directory. |
| Multiple <i>-I</i> options can be supplied to add additional directories. |
| <dt><b>-c </b><i>message-catalog</i> |
| <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies a single message catalog file in GNU gettext (filename.po) or Apple strings (filename.strings) format to be used for localization. |
| <dt><b>-d </b><i>output-directory</i> |
| <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies the output directory for PPD files. |
| The default output directory is "ppd". |
| <dt><b>-l </b><i>language(s)</i> |
| <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies one or more languages to use when localizing the PPD file(s). |
| The default language is "en" (English). |
| Separate multiple languages with commas, for example "de_DE,en_UK,es_ES,es_MX,es_US,fr_CA,fr_FR,it_IT" will create PPD files with German, UK English, Spanish (Spain, Mexico, and US), French (France and Canada), and Italian languages in each file. |
| <dt><b>-m</b> |
| <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies that the output filename should be based on the ModelName value instead of FileName or PCFilenName. |
| <dt><b>-t</b> |
| <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies that PPD files should be tested instead of generated. |
| <dt><b>-v</b> |
| <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies verbose output, basically a running status of which files are being loaded or written. |
| <b>-z</b> |
| Generates compressed PPD files (filename.ppd.gz). |
| The default is to generate uncompressed PPD files. |
| <dt><b>--cr</b> |
| <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em"><dt><b>--crlf</b> |
| <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em"><dt><b>--lf</b> |
| <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies the line ending to use - carriage return, carriage return and line feed, or line feed alone. |
| The default is to use the line feed character alone. |
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| <h2 class="title"><a name="NOTES">Notes</a></h2> |
| PPD files are deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future feature release of CUPS. |
| Printers that do not support IPP can be supported using applications such as |
| <b>ippeveprinter</b>(1). |
| <h2 class="title"><a name="SEE_ALSO">See Also</a></h2> |
| <b>ppdhtml</b>(1), |
| <b>ppdi</b>(1), |
| <b>ppdmerge</b>(1), |
| <b>ppdpo</b>(1), |
| <b>ppdcfile</b>(5), |
| CUPS Online Help (<a href="http://localhost:631/help">http://localhost:631/help</a>) |
| <h2 class="title"><a name="COPYRIGHT">Copyright</a></h2> |
| Copyright © 2007-2019 by Apple Inc. |
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