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| .TH ppdmerge 1 "CUPS" "12 June 2014" "Apple Inc." |
| .SH NAME |
| ppdmerge \- merge ppd files (deprecated) |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B ppdmerge |
| [ |
| .B \-o |
| .I output-ppd-file |
| ] |
| .I ppd-file |
| .I ppd-file |
| [ ... |
| .I ppd-file |
| ] |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| \fBppdmerge\fR merges two or more PPD files into a single, multi-language |
| PPD file. |
| \fBThis program is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of CUPS.\fR |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| \fBppdmerge\fR supports the following options: |
| .TP |
| \fB\-o \fIoutput-ppd-file\fR |
| Specifies the PPD file to create. |
| If not specified, the merged PPD file is written to the standard output. |
| If the output file already exists, it is silently overwritten. |
| .SH NOTES |
| \fBppdmerge\fR does not check whether the merged PPD files are for the same device. |
| Merging of different device PPDs will yield unpredictable results. |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR ppdc (1), |
| .BR ppdhtml (1), |
| .BR ppdi (1), |
| .BR ppdpo (1), |
| .BR ppdcfile (5), |
| CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help) |
| .SH COPYRIGHT |
| Copyright \[co] 2007-2018 by Apple Inc. |
