Manual: ppdc

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NAME
       ppdc - cups ppd compiler (deprecated)

SYNOPSIS
       ppdc [ -D name[=value] ] [ -I include-directory ] [ -c message-catalog ] [ -d output-directory ] [ -l language(s) ] [
       -m ] [ -t ] [ -v ] [ -z ] [ --cr ] [ --crlf ] [ --lf ] source-file

DESCRIPTION
       ppdc  compiles PPDC source files into one or more PPD files.  This program is deprecated and will be removed in a fu‐
       ture release of CUPS.

OPTIONS
       ppdc supports the following options:

       -D name[=value]
	    Sets the named variable for use in the source file.	 It is equivalent to using  the	 #define  directive  in	 the
	    source file.

       -I include-directory
	    Specifies an alternate include directory.  Multiple -I options can be supplied to add additional directories.

       -c message-catalog
	    Specifies  a single message catalog file in GNU gettext (filename.po) or Apple strings (filename.strings) format
	    to be used for localization.

       -d output-directory
	    Specifies the output directory for PPD files.  The default output directory is "ppd".

       -l language(s)
	    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 cre‐
	    ate PPD files with German, UK English, Spanish (Spain, Mexico, and US), French (France and Canada), and  Italian
	    languages in each file.

       -m   Specifies that the output filename should be based on the ModelName value instead of FileName or PCFileName.

       -t   Specifies that PPD files should be tested instead of generated.

       -v   Specifies  verbose	output, basically a running status of which files are being loaded or written.	-z Generates
	    compressed PPD files (filename.ppd.gz).  The default is to generate uncompressed PPD files.

       --cr

       --crlf

       --lf Specifies the line ending to use - carriage return, carriage return and line feed, or line feed alone.  The	 de‐
	    fault is to use the line feed character alone.

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 ippeveprinter(1).

SEE ALSO
       ppdhtml(1), ppdi(1), ppdmerge(1), ppdpo(1), ppdcfile(5), CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2020-2024 by OpenPrinting.

2021-02-28						    CUPS						     ppdc(1)