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drv(1)                                           Apple Inc.                                           drv(1)



NAME
       drv - cups driver interface for ppd compiler files

SYNOPSIS
       drv list
       drv cat drv:///filename.drv/pcfilename

DESCRIPTION
       drv  lists  and  compiles  PPDC  source  files installed in the /usr/share/cups/drv and (on Mac OS X)
       /Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources directories on behalf of the scheduler, cupsd(8).

       The first form of the command lists all of the PPD files that can be produced by the driver  informa-tion information
       tion files in the two directories.

       The second form of the command compiles the requested PPD and sends it to the standard output.

SEE ALSO
       ppdc(1), ppdhtml(1), ppdi(1), ppdmerge(1), ppdpo(1), ppdcfile(5)
       http://localhost:631/help

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2008-2009 by Apple Inc.



9 March 2009                                        CUPS                                              drv(1)

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