.TH "texlinks" "8" "September 2000" "teTeX" "teTeX" 
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.SH "NAME" 
texlinks \- maintain symbolic links from format to engine
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.SH "SYNOPSIS" 
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\fBtexlinks\fP [ \fIOPTIONS\fP\&.\&.\&. ]  \fIDIRECTORIES\fP\&.\&.\&.
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.SH "DESCRIPTION" 
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\fBtexlinks\fP is used to create or recreate symbolic links from
formats to engines according to the information in
\fIfmtutil\&.cnf\fP or a file specified with \fB--cnffile\fP\&.
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\fIDIRECTORIES\fP is an optional list of directories in which to
operate\&.  If no directories are specified the list of directories
depends on the \fB--multiplatform\fP option\&.
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.SH "OPTIONS" 
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.IP "\fB--help\fP or \fB-h\fP" 
show some help text
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.IP "\fB--cnffile\fP \fIFILE\fP or \fB-f\fP \fIFILE\fP" 
use
file as configuration file (default:
\fIfmtutil\&.cnf\fP)
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.IP "\fB--verbose\fP or \fB-v\fP" 
set verbose mode on (default: off)
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.IP "\fB--multiplatform\fP or \fB-m\fP" 
operate in all
platform-specific directories (default:
operate only in the directory for this
platform)
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.IP "\fB--silent\fP or \fB-s\fP" 
silently skip over existing
scripts/binaries instead of printing a warning
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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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\fBfmtutil\fP(1), \fBfmtutil\&.cnf\fP(5)
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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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\fBtexlinks\fP was written by Thomas Esser 
<te@dbs\&.uni-hannover\&.de> and is Copyright © 1999\&.
\fBtexlinks\fP has been released into the public domain\&.
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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)\&.