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## NAME
       update-texmf - shell script to generate /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf

## SYNOPSIS
       **update-texmf** _[options]_

## DESCRIPTION
       This  manual  page  documents briefly the **update-texmf** command.  This manual page was written
       for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original script  was  designed  for  Debian
       packaging system.

       **update-texmf**  is  a  shell  script  to  generate  /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf  from  files  in
       /etc/texmf/texmf.d/*.cnf

       A user who wants to customize  /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf  should  add,  for  example,  22my‐
       macro.cnf in /etc/texmf/texmf.d/ and run 'update-texmf'.

## OPTIONS
### -v, --verbose
              Show verbose messages.

### -d, --debug
              Show debugging information, and don't delete temporary files. Implies --verbose.

### -o, --output FILE
              Generate output in FILE instead of /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf.

## SEE ALSO
       Further information can be found in /usr/share/doc/tex-common/README.Debian.{txt,pdf.html}

## AUTHOR
       This  manual  page was written by Atsuhito Kohda <<kohda@debian.org>>, for the Debian GNU/Linux
       system (but may be used by others).



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