Man page - update-language-dat(8)

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update-language - generate hyphenation configuration for TeX engines

update-language(-dat,-def,-lua) [ OPTIONS ...]

Generate hyphenation configuration files language.dat, .def, .dat.lua

When called as update-language, all three configurations files are generated. Otherwise only the selected one.

-c , --conf-file = FILE

file giving additional hyphen specifications

-o , --output-file = FILE file to write the output to

-d , --output-dir = DIR

directory where files are written

--checks

perform sanity checks on the generated config file

-q , --quiet

don’t write anything to the standard output during normal operation

-h , -?, --help

display this help message and exit

--version

output version information and exit

The default output directory is

/var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config

The default output files are
for update-language-dat

language.dat

for update-language-def

language.def

for update-language-lua

language.dat.lua

If -o /--output-file is given, it overrides all defaults.