fmtutil-sys
utility for maintaining TeX format files system-wide
see also :
kpsewhich - update-fmtutil
Synopsis
fmtutil
[OPTION...] COMMAND
fmtutil-sys
[OPTION...] COMMAND
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description
fmtutil
is used to create or recreate format and hyphenation files
or show information about format files.
COMMAND
is one of:
--all
recreate all format files
--byengine enginename
(re)create formats that depend
on the engine enginename
--byfmt formatname
(re)create the format for
format formatname
--byhyphen hyphenfile
(re)create formats that depend
on the hyphenation file hyphenfile
--catcfg
output the content of the
config file
--disablefmt formatname
disable formatname in
config file
--enablefmt formatname
enable formatname in
config file
--help
print a summary of commands and options
--listcfg
list (enabled and disabled)
configurations, filtered to available formats
--missing
create all missing format
files
--refresh
recreate only existing format
files
--showhyphen formatname
print the name of the
hyphenation file for the format formatname
--version
show version info
options
--cnffile file
specify the configuration
file fmtutil should use
--dolinks
(not implemented, just for
compatibility)
--fmtdir directory
set the destination directory
for format files generated by fmtutil to
directory
--force
(not implemented, just for
compatibility)
--no-engine-subdir
don’t use engine-specific
subdir of the fmtdir
--no-error-if-no-format
exit successfully if no format
is selected
--quiet
be silent
--test
(not implemented, just for compatibility)
files
fmtutil.cnf
default configuration file
/etc/texmf/fmt.d/
Debian-specific directory for configuration file snippets
bugs
None known, but
report any bugs found to <tex-k[:at:]tug[:dot:]org> (mailing
list).
see also
kpsewhich ,
update-fmtutil
author
fmtutil
was written by Thomas Esser <te[:at:]dbs[:dot:]uni-hannover.de>
and is in the public domain.
This manual
page was written by C.M. Connelly <c[:at:]eskimo[:dot:]com>, for
the Debian GNU/Linux system and later slightly adapted for
the teTeX 3 release.