update-texmf (8) - Linux Manuals

update-texmf: shell script to generate /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf

Command to display update-texmf manual in Linux: $ man 8 update-texmf

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 manual 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.

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Atsuhito Kohda <kohda [at] debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).