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


NAME

       fc-cache - build font information cache files


SYNOPSIS

       fc-cache [ -EfrsvVh ]  [ --error-on-no-fonts ]  [ --force ]  [
       --really-force ]  [  [ -y dir ]  [ --sysroot dir ]  ]  [ --system-only
       ]  [ --verbose ]  [ --version ]  [ --help ]  [ dir... ]


DESCRIPTION

       fc-cache scans the font directories on the system and builds font
       information cache files for applications 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.

       -E     Raise an error if there are no fonts in dir or directories in
              the configuration if not given.

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

       -r     Erase all existing cache files and rescan.

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

       -v     Display status information while busy.

       -y     Prepend dir to all paths for scanning.

       -h     Show summary of options.

       -V     Show version of the program and exit.

       dir    Directory to scan for fonts.


RETURN CODES

       fc-cache returns zero if the caches successfully generated. otherwise
       non-zero.


FILES

       %cachedir%/*-%arch%.cache-%version%
              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-pattern(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>.

                                August 13, 2008                    FC-CACHE(1)

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