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NAME
chkfontpath - simple interface for adding, removing, and listing directories in the
X font server’s path

SYNOPSIS
chkfontpath [-lqfh] [-a name of directory to add] [-r name of directory to remove]

DESCRIPTION
chkfontpath provides a simple method of configuring the directories contained in
the X font server’s path. As of Red Hat 6.0, all fonts in X are served via this
separate font server process, not through the main X server process. This speeds
up font rendering, and also allows use of font servers which are not running on the
local host.

chkfontpath is mainly used by rpm in its %post and %postun sections to add and
remove new directories to the server’s config file at installation and de-installa-
tion time of packages containing fonts.

-a, --add=name of directory to add
Add a directory to the font path.

-r, --remove=name of directory to remove
Remove a directory from the font path.

-l, --list
List all directories in the font path.

-q, --quiet
Quiet operation; don’t display any output to the screen, even when there is
an error during operation.

-f, --first
Requires usage of the add command; puts the specified directory first in the
font path, rather than last.

-h, --help
Show detailed help on the command line.

When directories are added to the path, some sanity checking is performed to make
sure you are not adding a directory without the file fonts.dir contained in it,
which the server needs to be able to render fonts properly. When a path is succes-
fully added or removed, the xfs process is restarted if it is currently running.

RETURN CODES
chkfontpath returns 0 on success, or 1 on error.

FILES
/etc/X11/fs/config
Configuration file for the X font server (xfs).