fmtutil (1)

fmtutil [OPTION.\|.\|.] COMMAND

fmtutil-sys [OPTION.\|.\|.] COMMAND

fmtutil is used to create or recreate format and hyphenation files or show information about format files.

COMMAND is one of:

--all

recreate all format files

--byengineenginename

(re)create formats that depend on the engine enginename

--byfmtformatname

(re)create the format for format formatname

--byhyphenhyphenfile

(re)create formats that depend on the hyphenation file hyphenfile

--catcfg

output the content of the config file

--disablefmtformatname

disable formatname in config file

--edit

no-op in TeX Live

--enablefmtformatname

enable formatname in config file

--help

print a summary of commands and options

--listcfg

list (enabled and disabled) configurations, filtered to available formats

--missing

create all missing format files

--refresh

recreate only existing format files

--showhyphenformatname

print the name of the hyphenation file for the format formatname

--version

show version info

--cnffilefile

specify the configuration file fmtutil should use

--dolinks

(not implemented, just for compatibility)

--fmtdirdirectory

set the destination directory for format files generated by fmtutil to directory

--force

(not implemented, just for compatibility)

--no-engine-subdir

don't use engine-specific subdir of the fmtdir

--no-error-if-no-format

exit successfully if no format is selected

--quiet

be silent

--test

(not implemented, just for compatibility)

fmtutil.cnf

default configuration file

/etc/texmf/fmt.d/

Debian-specific directory for configuration file snippets

kpsewhich(1), update-fmtutil(1)

None known, but report any bugs found to <[email protected]> (mailing list).

fmtutil was written by Thomas Esser <[email protected]> and is in the public domain.

This manual page was written by C.M. Connelly <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system and later slightly adapted for the teTeX 3 release.