{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "UPDATE-TEXMF",
    "section": "8",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/UPDATE-TEXMF/8/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-15T18:53:14Z",
    "synopsis": "update-texmf [options]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "update-texmf - shell script to generate /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "update-texmf [options]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "This  manual  page  documents briefly the update-texmf command.  This manual page was written\nfor the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original script  was  designed  for  Debian\npackaging system.\n\nupdate-texmf  is  a  shell  script  to  generate  /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf  from  files  in\n/etc/texmf/texmf.d/*.cnf\n\nA user who wants to customize  /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf  should  add,  for  example,  22my‐\nmacro.cnf in /etc/texmf/texmf.d/ and run 'update-texmf'.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "-v, --verbose",
                    "content": "Show verbose messages.\n",
                    "flag": "-v",
                    "long": "--verbose"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-d, --debug",
                    "content": "Show debugging information, and don't delete temporary files. Implies --verbose.\n",
                    "flag": "-d",
                    "long": "--debug"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-o, --output FILE",
                    "content": "Generate output in FILE instead of /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf.\n",
                    "flag": "-o",
                    "long": "--output",
                    "arg": "FILE"
                }
            ]
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "Further information can be found in /usr/share/doc/tex-common/README.Debian.{txt,pdf.html}\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "This  manual  page was written by Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux\nsystem (but may be used by others).\n\n\n\nUPDATE-TEXMF(8)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "update-texmf - shell script to generate /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "-v",
            "long": "--verbose",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Show verbose messages."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-d",
            "long": "--debug",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Show debugging information, and don't delete temporary files. Implies --verbose."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-o",
            "long": "--output",
            "arg": "FILE",
            "description": "Generate output in FILE instead of /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf."
        }
    ],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": []
}