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    <address>
      &dhemail;
    </address>
    <author>
      &dhfirstname;
      &dhsurname;
    </author>
    <copyright>
      <year>2003</year>
      <holder>&dhusername;</holder>
    </copyright>
    &dhdate;
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    &dhucpackage;

    &dhsection;
  </refmeta>
  <refnamediv>
    <refname>&dhpackage;</refname>

    <refpurpose>build font information cache files</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>&dhpackage;</command>

      <arg><option>-EfrsvVh</option></arg>
      <arg><option>--error-on-no-fonts</option></arg>
      <arg><option>--force</option></arg>
      <arg><option>--really-force</option></arg>
      <group>
	<arg><option>-y</option> <option><replaceable>dir</replaceable></option></arg>
	<arg><option>--sysroot</option> <option><replaceable>dir</replaceable></option></arg>
      </group>
      <arg><option>--system-only</option></arg>
      <arg><option>--verbose</option></arg>
      <arg><option>--version</option></arg>
      <arg><option>--help</option></arg>
      <arg rep="repeat"><option><replaceable>dir</replaceable></option></arg>
      
     </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>
  <refsect1>
    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>

      <para><command>&dhpackage;</command> scans the font directories on
        the system and builds font information cache files for
        applications using fontconfig for their font handling.</para>

      <para>If directory arguments are not given,
        <command>&dhpackage;</command> uses each directory in the
        current font configuration. Each directory is scanned for
        font files readable by FreeType.  A cache is created which
        contains properties of each font and the associated filename.
        This cache is used to speed up application startup when using
        the fontconfig library.</para>

      <para>Note that <command>&dhpackage;</command> must be executed
        once per architecture to generate font information customized
        for that architecture.</para>

  </refsect1>
  <refsect1>
    <title>OPTIONS</title>

    <para>This program follows the usual &gnu; command line syntax,
      with long options starting with two dashes (`-').  A summary of
      options is included below.</para>

    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
	<term><option>-E</option>
	  <option>--error-on-no-fonts</option>
	</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Raise an error if there are no fonts in
	    <option><replaceable>dir</replaceable></option> or directories
	    in the configuration if not given.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>-f</option>
          <option>--force</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Force re-generation of apparently up-to-date cache files,
            overriding the timestamp checking.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>-r</option>
          <option>--really-force</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Erase all existing cache files and rescan.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>-s</option>
          <option>--system-only</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Only scan system-wide directories, omitting the places
            located in the user's home directory.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>-v</option>
          <option>--verbose</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Display status information while busy.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
	<term><option>-y</option>
	  <option>-sysroot</option>
	  <option><replaceable>dir</replaceable></option>
	</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Prepend <option><replaceable>dir</replaceable></option> to all paths for scanning.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>-h</option>
          <option>--help</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Show summary of options.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>-V</option>
          <option>--version</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Show version of the program and exit.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><option><replaceable>dir</replaceable></option>
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Directory to scan for fonts.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>RETURN CODES</title>
    <para><command>fc-cache</command> returns zero if the caches successfully generated. otherwise non-zero.</para>
  </refsect1>
  
  <refsect1>
    <title>FILES</title>
    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><filename><replaceable>%cachedir%</replaceable>/*-<replaceable>%arch%</replaceable>.cache-%version%</filename></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>These files are generated by <command>&dhpackage;</command>
            and contain maps from file names to font properties. They are
            read by the fontconfig library at application startup to locate
            appropriate fonts.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>

    <para>
      <command>fc-cat</command>(1)
      <command>fc-list</command>(1)
      <command>fc-match</command>(1)
      <command>fc-pattern</command>(1)
      <command>fc-query</command>(1)
      <command>fc-scan</command>(1)
    </para>

    <para>The fontconfig user's guide, in HTML format:
      <filename>/usr/share/doc/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html</filename>.</para>

 </refsect1>
  <refsect1>
    <title>AUTHOR</title>

    <para>This manual page was written by Keith Packard
      <email>keithp@keithp.com</email> and &dhusername; &dhemail;.</para>

  </refsect1>
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