Manual: fc-cache

FC-CACHE(1)													 FC-CACHE(1)

NAME
       fc-cache - build font information cache files

SYNOPSIS
       fc-cache	 [  -EfrsvVh ] [ --error-on-no-fonts ] [ --force ] [ --really-force ] [ -y dir | --sysroot dir ] [ --system-
       only ] [ --verbose ] [ --version ] [ --help ] [ dir ... ]

DESCRIPTION
       fc-cache scans the font directories on the system and builds font information  cache  files  for	 applications  using
       fontconfig for their font handling.

       If  directory arguments are not given, fc-cache 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.

       Note  that fc-cache must be executed once per architecture to generate font information customized for that architec‐
       ture.

OPTIONS
       This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-').  A  summary
       of options is included below.

       -E --error-on-no-fonts
	      Raise an error if there are no fonts in dir or directories in the configuration if not given.

       -f --force
	      Force re-generation of apparently up-to-date cache files, overriding the timestamp checking.

       -r --really-force
	      Erase all existing cache files and rescan.

       -s --system-only
	      Only scan system-wide directories, omitting the places located in the user's home directory.

       -v --verbose
	      Display status information while busy.

       -y -sysroot dir
	      Prepend dir to all paths for scanning.

       -h --help
	      Show summary of options.

       -V --version
	      Show version of the program and exit.

       dir    Directory to scan for fonts.

RETURN CODES
       fc-cache returns zero if the caches successfully generated. otherwise non-zero.

FILES
       %cachedir%/*-%arch%.cache-%version%
	      These  files  are	 generated by fc-cache and contain maps from file names to font properties. They are read by
	      the fontconfig library at application startup to locate appropriate fonts.

SEE ALSO
       fc-cat(1) fc-list(1) fc-match(1) fc-pattern(1) fc-query(1) fc-scan(1)

       The fontconfig user's guide 

AUTHOR
       This manual page was written by Keith Packard  and Josselin Mouette .

							Aug 13, 2008						 FC-CACHE(1)