texlinks(1)

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NAME

6       texlinks - maintain symbolic links from format to engine
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SYNOPSIS

9       texlinks [ OPTIONS... ]  DIRECTORIES...
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DESCRIPTION

12       texlinks  is  used to create or recreate symbolic links from formats to
13       engines according to the information in fmtutil.cnf or a file specified
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16       DIRECTORIES is an optional list of directories in which to operate.  If
17       no directories are specified the list of  directories  depends  on  the
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OPTIONS

21       --help or -h
22              show some help text
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24       --cnffile FILE or -f FILE
25              use file as configuration file (default: fmtutil.cnf)
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27       --verbose or -v
28              set verbose mode on (default: off)
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30       --multiplatform or -m
31              operate  in  all platform-specific directories (default: operate
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35              silently skip over existing scripts/binaries instead of printing
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FILES

39       fmtutil.cnf
40              default configuration file
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BUGS

48       None  known,  but  report any bugs found to <tex-live@tug.org> (mailing
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AUTHOR

52       texlinks was written by Thomas Esser  <te@dbs.uni-hannover.de>  and  is
53       Copyright © 1999.  texlinks has been released into the public domain.
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55       This  manual  page was written by C.M. Connelly <c@eskimo.com>, for the
56       Debian GNU/Linux system.  It may be used by other distributions without
57       contacting  the  author.   Any mistakes or omissions in the manual page
58       are my fault; inquiries about or corrections to this manual page should
59       be directed to me (and not to the primary author).
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