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FC-CACHE(1)                                                                                      FC-CACHE(1)



NAME
       fc-cache - build font information cache files

SYNOPSIS
       fc-cache  [  -fsvVh  ]   [  --force ]  [ --system-only ]  [ --verbose ]  [ --version ]  [ --help ]  [
       dir... ]

DESCRIPTION
       fc-cache scans the font directories on the system and builds font information cache files for  appli-cations applications
       cations using fontconfig for their font handling.

       If directory arguments are not given, fc-cache uses each directory in the current font configuration.
       Each directory is scanned for font files readable by FreeType. A  cache  is  created  which  contains
       properties  of  each  font  and  the associated filename.  This cache is used to speed up application
       startup when using the fontconfig library.

       Note that fc-cache must be executed once per architecture to generate font information customized for
       that architecture.

OPTIONS
       This  program  follows  the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes
       (`-'). A summary of options is included below.

       -f     Force re-generation of apparently up-to-date cache files, overriding the timestamp checking.

       -s     Only scan system-wide directories, omitting the places located in the user's home directory.

       -v     Display status information while busy.

       -h     Show summary of options.

       -V     Show version of the program and exit.

       dir    Directory to scan for fonts.

FILES
       %cachdir%/*-%arch%.cache-2
              These files are generated by fc-cache and contain maps from file  names  to  font  properties.
              They are read by the fontconfig library at application startup to locate appropriate fonts.

SEE ALSO
       fc-cat(1) fc-list(1) fc-match(1) fc-query(1) fc-scan(1)

       The fontconfig user's guide, in HTML format: /usr/share/doc/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html.

AUTHOR
       This   manual   page   was   written  by  Keith  Packard  <keithp@keithp.com>  and  Josselin  Mouette
       <joss@debian.org>.



                                                Aug 13, 2008                                     FC-CACHE(1)

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