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6 fmtutil - utility for maintaining TeX format files
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8 fmtutil-sys - utility for maintaining TeX format files system-wide
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11 fmtutil [OPTION...] COMMAND
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13 fmtutil-sys [OPTION...] COMMAND
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16 fmtutil is used to create or recreate format and hyphenation files or
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19 COMMAND is one of:
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21 --all recreate all format files
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23 --byengine enginename
24 (re)create formats that depend on the engine enginename
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27 (re)create the format for format formatname
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33 --catcfg
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36 --disablefmt formatname
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39 --edit no-op in TeX Live
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41 --enablefmt formatname
42 ensable formatname in config file
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44 --help print a summary of commands and options
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46 --listcfg
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59 --version
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85 --test (not implemented, just for compatibility)
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95 None known, but report any bugs found to <tex-k@tug.org> (mailing
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99 fmtutil was written by Thomas Esser <te@dbs.uni-hannover.de> and is in
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102 This manual page was written by C.M. Connelly <c@eskimo.com>, for the
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