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.TH ppdmerge 1 "CUPS" "12 June 2014" "Apple Inc."
.SH NAME
ppdmerge \- merge ppd files (deprecated)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ppdmerge
[
.B \-o
.I output-ppd-file
]
.I ppd-file
.I ppd-file
[ ...
.I ppd-file
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBppdmerge\fR merges two or more PPD files into a single, multi-language
PPD file.
\fBThis program is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of CUPS.\fR
.SH OPTIONS
\fBppdmerge\fR supports the following options:
.TP
\fB\-o \fIoutput-ppd-file\fR
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, it is silently overwritten.
.SH NOTES
\fBppdmerge\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
.BR ppdc (1),
.BR ppdhtml (1),
.BR ppdi (1),
.BR ppdpo (1),
.BR ppdcfile (5),
CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \[co] 2007-2017 by Apple Inc.