ppdc - cups ppd compiler (deprecated)

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2021-02-28                                            CUPS                                               ppdc(1)

ppdc compiles PPDC source files into one or more PPD files.  ThisprogramisdeprecatedandwillberemovedinafuturereleaseofCUPS.

       ppdc - cups ppd compiler (deprecated)

       PPD  files  are deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future feature release of CUPS.  Printers
       that do not support IPP can be supported using applications such as ippeveprinter(1).

ppdc supports the following options:

       -Dname[=value]
            Sets the named variable for use in the source file.  It is equivalent to using the #define directive
            in the source file.

       -Iinclude-directory
            Specifies  an  alternate  include  directory.  Multiple -I options can be supplied to add additional
            directories.

       -cmessage-catalog
            Specifies  a  single  message  catalog  file  in  GNU  gettext  (filename.po)   or   Apple   strings
            (filename.strings) format to be used for localization.

       -doutput-directory
            Specifies the output directory for PPD files.  The default output directory is "ppd".

       -llanguage(s)
            Specifies  one  or  more  languages to use when localizing the PPD file(s).  The default language is
            "en"    (English).      Separate     multiple     languages     with     commas,     for     example
            "de_DE,en_UK,es_ES,es_MX,es_US,fr_CA,fr_FR,it_IT"  will  create  PPD  files with German, UK English,
            Spanish (Spain, Mexico, and US), French (France and Canada), and Italian languages in each file.

       -m   Specifies that the output filename should be based on the ModelName value  instead  of  FileName  or
            PCFileName.

       -t   Specifies that PPD files should be tested instead of generated.

       -v   Specifies verbose output, basically a running status of which files are being loaded or written.  -z
            Generates  compressed  PPD  files  (filename.ppd.gz).   The  default is to generate uncompressed PPD
            files.

       --cr--crlf--lf Specifies the line ending to use - carriage return, carriage return and  line  feed,  or  line  feed
            alone.  The default is to use the line feed character alone.

ppdhtml(1), ppdi(1), ppdmerge(1), ppdpo(1), ppdcfile(5), CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)

ppdc  [  -Dname[=value]  ] [ -Iinclude-directory ] [ -cmessage-catalog ] [ -doutput-directory ] [ -llanguage(s) ] [ -m ] [ -t ] [ -v ] [ -z ] [ --cr ] [ --crlf ] [ --lf ] source-file