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6 ppdc - cups ppd compiler
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9 ppdc [ -D name[=value] ] [ -I include-directory ] [ -c message-catalog
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11 --cr ] [ --crlf ] [ --lf ] source-file
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14 ppdc compiles PPDC source files into one or more PPD files.
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16 The -D option sets the named variable for use in the source file. It is
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19 The -I option specifies an alternate include directory; multiple -I
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22 The -c option specifies a single message catalog file in GNU gettext
23 source format (filename.po) to be used for localization.
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25 The -d option specifies the output directory for PPD files. The default
26 output directory is "ppd".
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28 The -l option specifies one or more languages to use when localizing
29 the PPD file(s). The default language is "en" (English). Separate mul‐
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31 "de_DE,en_UK,es_ES,es_MX,es_US,fr_CA,fr_FR,it_IT" will create PPD files
32 with German, UK English, Spanish (Spain, Mexico, and US), French
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35 The -m option specifies that the output filename should be based on the
36 ModelName value instead of FileName or PCFilenName.
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38 The -t option specifies that PPD files should be tested instead of gen‐
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41 The -v option provides more verbose output, basically a running status
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44 The -z option generates compressed PPD files (filename.ppd.gz). The
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47 The --cr, --crlf, and --lf options specify the line ending to use -
48 carriage return, carriage return and line feed, or line feed. The
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52 ppdhtml(1), ppdi(1), ppdmerge(1), ppdpo(1), ppdcfile(5)
53 http://localhost:631/help
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