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| .TH ppdc 1 "CUPS" "26 April 2019" "Apple Inc." |
| .SH NAME |
| ppdc \- cups ppd compiler (deprecated) |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B ppdc |
| [ |
| \fB\-D \fIname\fR[\fB=\fIvalue\fR] |
| ] [ |
| .B \-I |
| .I include-directory |
| ] [ |
| .B \-c |
| .I message-catalog |
| ] [ |
| .B \-d |
| .I output-directory |
| ] [ |
| .B \-l |
| .I language(s) |
| ] [ |
| .B \-m |
| ] [ |
| .B \-t |
| ] [ |
| .B \-v |
| ] [ |
| .B \-z |
| ] [ |
| .B \-\-cr |
| ] [ |
| .B \-\-crlf |
| ] [ |
| .B \-\-lf |
| ] |
| .I source-file |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| \fBppdc\fR compiles PPDC source files into one or more PPD files. |
| \fBThis program is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of CUPS.\fR |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| \fBppdc\fR supports the following options: |
| .TP 5 |
| \fB\-D \fIname\fR[\fB=\fIvalue\fR] |
| Sets the named variable for use in the source file. |
| It is equivalent to using the \fI#define\fR directive in the source file. |
| .TP 5 |
| \fB\-I \fIinclude-directory\fR |
| Specifies an alternate include directory. |
| Multiple \fI-I\fR options can be supplied to add additional directories. |
| .TP 5 |
| \fB\-c \fImessage-catalog\fR |
| Specifies a single message catalog file in GNU gettext (filename.po) or Apple strings (filename.strings) format to be used for localization. |
| .TP 5 |
| \fB\-d \fIoutput-directory\fR |
| Specifies the output directory for PPD files. |
| The default output directory is "ppd". |
| .TP 5 |
| \fB\-l \fIlanguage(s)\fR |
| Specifies one or more languages to use when localizing the PPD file(s). |
| The default language is "en" (English). |
| Separate multiple languages with commas, for example "de_DE,en_UK,es_ES,es_MX,es_US,fr_CA,fr_FR,it_IT" will create PPD files with German, UK English, Spanish (Spain, Mexico, and US), French (France and Canada), and Italian languages in each file. |
| .TP 5 |
| .B \-m |
| Specifies that the output filename should be based on the ModelName value instead of FileName or PCFilenName. |
| .TP 5 |
| .B \-t |
| Specifies that PPD files should be tested instead of generated. |
| .TP 5 |
| .B \-v |
| Specifies verbose output, basically a running status of which files are being loaded or written. |
| .B \-z |
| Generates compressed PPD files (filename.ppd.gz). |
| The default is to generate uncompressed PPD files. |
| .TP 5 |
| \fB\-\-cr\fR |
| .TP 5 |
| \fB\-\-crlf\fR |
| .TP 5 |
| \fB\-\-lf\fR |
| Specifies the line ending to use - carriage return, carriage return and line feed, or line feed alone. |
| The default is to use the line feed character alone. |
| .SH NOTES |
| PPD files are deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future feature release of CUPS. |
| Printers that do not support IPP can be supported using applications such as |
| .BR ippeveprinter (1). |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR ppdhtml (1), |
| .BR ppdi (1), |
| .BR ppdmerge (1), |
| .BR ppdpo (1), |
| .BR ppdcfile (5), |
| CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help) |
| .SH COPYRIGHT |
| Copyright \[co] 2007-2019 by Apple Inc. |