NAME
ppdc - cups ppd compiler 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 pro‐ gram is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of CUPS.
The -D option sets the named variable for use in the source file. It is
equivalent to using the #define directive in the source file.
The -I option specifies an alternate include directory; multiple -I options can be supplied to add additional directories.
The -c option specifies a single message catalog file in GNU gettext source format (filename.po) to be used for localization.
The -d option specifies the output directory for PPD files. The default output directory is "ppd".
The -l option specifies one or more languages to use when localizing the PPD file(s). The default language is "en" (English). Separate mul‐ tiple languages with commas, for example "deDE,enUK,esES,esMX,esUS,frCA,frFR,itIT" will create PPD files with German, UK English, Spanish (Spain, Mexico, and US), French (France and Canada), and Italian languages in each file.
The -m option specifies that the output filename should be based on the ModelName value instead of FileName or PCFilenName.
The -t option specifies that PPD files should be tested instead of gen‐ erated.
The -v option provides more verbose output, basically a running status of which files are being loaded or written.
The -z option generates compressed PPD files (filename.ppd.gz). The default is to generate uncompressed PPD files.
The cr, crlf, and lf options specify the line ending to use - carriage return, carriage return and line feed, or line feed. The default is to use the line feed character alone. SEE ALSO ppdhtml(1), ppdi(1), ppdmerge(1), ppdpo(1), ppdcfile(5) http://localhost:631/help COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2007-2013 by Apple Inc. 15 February 2012 CUPS ppdc(1)