.TH "fmtutil" "8" "February 2005" "teTeX" "teTeX" .PP .SH "NAME" fmtutil \- utility for maintaining TeX format files .PP fmtutil-sys \- utility for maintaining TeX format files system\-wide .PP .SH "SYNOPSIS" .PP \fBfmtutil\fP [ \fIOPTION\fP\&.\&.\&. ] \fICOMMAND\fP .PP \fBfmtutil-sys\fP [ \fIOPTION\fP\&.\&.\&. ] \fICOMMAND\fP .PP .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP \fBfmtutil\fP is used to create or recreate format and hyphenation files or show information about format files\&. .PP \fICOMMAND\fP is one of: .PP .IP "\fB--all\fP" recreate all format files .IP "\fB--byfmt\fP \fIformatname\fP" (re)create the format for format \fIformatname\fP .IP "\fB--byhyphen\fP \fIhyphenfile\fP" (re)create formats that depend on the hyphenation file \fIhyphenfile\fP .IP "\fB--help\fP" print a summary of commands and options .IP "\fB--missing\fP" create any missing format files .IP "\fB--showhyphen\fP \fIformatname\fP" print the name of the hyphenation file for the format \fIformatname\fP .PP .SH "OPTIONS" .PP .IP "\fB--cnffile\fP \fIfile\fP" specify the configuration \fIfile\fP \fBfmtutil\fP should use .IP "\fB--dolinks\fP" (not implemented, just for compatibility) .IP "\fB--fmtdir\fP \fIdirectory\fP" set the destination directory for format files generated by \fBfmtutil\fP to \fIdirectory\fP .IP "\fB--force\fP" (not implemented, just for compatibility) .IP "\fB--quiet\fP" (not implemented, just for compatibility) .IP "\fB--test\fP" (not implemented, just for compatibility) .PP .SH "FILES" .PP .IP "\fIfmtutil\&.cnf\fP" default configuration file .PP .SH "SEE ALSO" .PP \fBkpsewhich\fP(1) .PP Web page: .PP .SH "BUGS" .PP None known, but report any bugs found to (mailing list)\&. .PP .SH "AUTHOR" .PP \fBfmtutil\fP was written by Thomas Esser and is Copyright 1998 Thomas Esser\&. .PP This manual page was written by C\&.M\&. Connelly , for the Debian GNU/Linux system and later slightly adapted for the teTeX 3 release\&.