update-fonts-dir
compile fonts.dir files
see also :
mkfontdir
Synopsis
update-fonts-dir
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description
update-fonts-dir
creates a fonts.dir file in an X font directory by
invoking mkfontdir(1x) with the appropriate
arguments. It is typically invoked only from the
post-installation and post-removal scripts of a
package containing fonts for the X Window System, but
may be invoked at any time to reconstruct fonts.dir
files. For each directory, which is simply the last
component of its path (such as ’75dpi’ or
’misc’), update-fonts-dir
will generate either
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/directory/fonts.dir or
/usr/share/fonts/X11/directory/fonts.dir from
the fonts.scale and font files found within it.
This enables
multiple packages to provide names for fonts in the same
directory. No font package actually provides the
fonts.dir file in the X font directory itself, so
there is no danger of overwriting one package’s font
names with those of another.
For instance,
the two packages ’xfonts-base’ (real) and
’xfonts-nifty’ (hypothetical) may both
install fonts into the directory
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc, and
update-fonts-dir will ensure that the
fonts.dir file in that directory contains information
about the font files provided by both packages.
The format of
fonts.dir files is described in the
mkfontdir(1x) manual page.
An example of
how to use update-fonts-dir in package
maintainer scripts is provided in the Debian Policy
Manual.
options
-h,
--help displays a brief usage message and
exits.
-7,
--x11r7-layout switches the font
layout to the one introduced in X11R7: fonts in
/usr/share/fonts/X11/directory (default is: fonts in
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/directory)
diagnostics
Errors
usage error: one or more font directories must be provided
update-fonts-dir was invoked without operands. Supply one
or more X font directory names to operate on.
usage error: unrecognized option
update-fonts-dir was invoked with an unrecognized option
argument. Use only the options documented in “OPTIONS”, above.
fatal error: path to X font directory must be used
A directory name was supplied that was not an X font directory
name. Supply X font directory names only.
Warnings
warning: absolute path directory was provided
Usage of absolute paths is deprecated. Use only the final
component of the X font directory name for directory.
warning: directory does not exist or is not a
directory
The supplied directory was invalid.
update-fonts-dir skipped it.
environment
COLUMNS
indicates the width of the terminal device in character cells.
This value is used for formatting diagnostic messages. If not
set, the terminal is queried using stty(1) to determine
its width. If that fails, a value of ’80’ is assumed.
exit status
0
update-fonts-dir ran successfully.
1
update-fonts-dir experienced a fatal error; see the
section on diagnostic messages above.
2
update-fonts-dir was invoked with invalid arguments.
operands
update-fonts-dir takes one or more X font directory names
to operate on as operands. Only the final path component of the
directory name should be specified; e.g.,
update-fonts-dir 75dpi
is correct, while ’update-fonts-dir
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi’ and ’update-fonts-dir
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi’ are not.
bugs
See the Debian
Bug Tracking System ⟨ URL:
http://bugs.debian.org/xfonts-utils ⟩ . If you
wish to report a bug in update-fonts-dir,
please see
/usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt or the
reportbug(1) command.
see also
mkfontdir (1x)
author
update-fonts-dir
was written by Branden Robinson.