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.TH ppdmerge 1 "CUPS" "20 May 2008" "Apple Inc."
.SH NAME
ppdmerge \- merge ppd files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ppdmerge
[ \-o
.I output-ppd-file
]
.I ppd-file
.I ppd-file2
[
.I ... ppd-fileN
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fIppdmerge\fR merges two or more PPD files into a single, multi-language
PPD file.
.PP
The \fI-o\fR option specifies the PPD file to create. If not specified,
the merged PPD file is written to the standard output. If the output file
already exists, the new 

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.SH ATTRIBUTES
See
.BR attributes (5)
for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp
.TS
box;
cbp-1 | cbp-1
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE 
=
Availability	print/cups
=
Stability	Volatile
.TE 
.PP
.SH NOTES
\fIppdmerge\fR does not check whether the merged PPD files are for the
same device. Merging of different device PPDs will yield unpredictable
results.
.SH SEE ALSO
cupsprofile(1), ppdc(1), ppdhtml(1), ppdi(1), ppdpo(1), ppdcfile(5)
.br
http://localhost:631/help
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2007-2009 by Apple Inc.
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