.TH "fmtutil" "8" "August 2000" "teTeX" "teTeX" 
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.SH "NAME" 
fmtutil \- utility for maintaining TeX format files
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.SH "SYNOPSIS" 
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\fBfmtutil\fP [ \fIOPTION\fP\&.\&.\&. ]  \fICOMMAND\fP
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.SH "DESCRIPTION" 
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\fBfmtutil\fP is used to create or recreate format and hyphenation
files or show information about format files\&.
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\fICOMMAND\fP is one of:
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.IP "\fB--all\fP" 
recreate all format files
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.IP "\fB--byfmt\fP \fIformatname\fP" 
(re)create the format for
format \fIformatname\fP
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.IP "\fB--byhyphen\fP \fIhyphenfile\fP" 
(re)create formats that
depend on the hyphenation file
\fIhyphenfile\fP
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.IP "\fB--help\fP" 
print a summary of commands and options
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.IP "\fB--missing\fP" 
create any missing format files
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.IP "\fB--showhyphen\fP \fIformatname\fP" 
print the name of the
hyphenation file for the format
\fIformatname\fP
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.SH "OPTIONS" 
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.IP "\fB--cnffile\fP \fIfile\fP" 
specify the configuration
\fIfile\fP \fBfmtutil\fP should use
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.IP "\fB--dolinks\fP" 
(not implemented, just for compatibility)
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.IP "\fB--fmtdir\fP \fIdirectory\fP" 
set the destination
directory for format files generated by
\fBfmtutil\fP to \fIdirectory\fP
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.IP "\fB--force\fP" 
(not implemented, just for compatibility)
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.IP "\fB--quiet\fP" 
(not implemented, just for compatibility)
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.IP "\fB--test\fP" 
(not implemented, just for compatibility)
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.SH "FILES" 
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.IP "\fIfmtutil\&.cnf\fP" 
default configuration file
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.SH "SEE ALSO" 
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\fBkpsewhich\fP(1)
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Web page: <http://tug\&.cs\&.umb\&.edu/tetex/>
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.SH "BUGS" 
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None known, but report any bugs found to <tetex@dbs\&.uni-hannover\&.de> (mailing list)\&.
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.SH "AUTHOR" 
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\fBfmtutil\fP was written by Thomas Esser 
<te@dbs\&.uni-hannover\&.de> and is Copyright © 1998 Thomas
Esser\&.
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This manual page was written by C\&.M\&. Connelly
<c@eskimo\&.com>, for
the Debian GNU/Linux system\&.  It may be used by other distributions
without contacting the author\&.  Any mistakes or omissions in the
manual page are my fault; inquiries about or corrections to this
manual page should be directed to me (and not to the primary author)\&.