UPDATE-TEXMF(8) System Manager's Manual UPDATE-TEXMF(8)
NAME
update-texmf - shell script to generate /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf
SYNOPSIS
update-texmf [options]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the update-texmf command. This man-
ual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the
original script was designed for Debian packaging system.
update-texmf is a shell script to generate /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
from files in /etc/texmf/texmf.d/*.cnf
A user who wants to customize /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf should add, for
example, 22mymacro.cnf in /etc/texmf/texmf.d/ and run 'update-texmf'.
OPTIONS
-v, --verbose
Show verbose messages.
-d, --debug
Show debugging information, and don't delete temporary files.
Implies --verbose.
-o, --output FILE
Generate output in FILE instead of /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf.
SEE ALSO
Further information can be found in /usr/share/doc/tex-common/README.De-
bian.{txt,pdf,html}
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@debian.org>, for
the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
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