FOOMATIC-KITLOAD(8)                                                                                          FOOMATIC-KITLOAD(8)



NAME
       foomatic-kitload - installs a data kit into the foomatic database.

SYNOPSIS
       foomatic-kitload [ -k kit-dir] [ -d dest-dir]...

DESCRIPTION
       foomatic-kitload  installs  a foomatic data kit into the local data library.  It takes a -k dirname option, where dirname
       is the toplevel directory of a foomatic driver "kit".  A "kit" is a selection of XML source files arranged exactly as  in
       the source/section of the master database (ie, opt/driver/printer/ subdirs).

       Gimp-Print's foomatic-generator produces exactly such a kit.

       Foomatic-kitload  is moderately paranoid about kits: the kit must contain at least one of printer, driver or opt; the kit
       must contain only files ending in .xml, the kit cannot be the local library itself, etc.  But it  does  not  inspect  the
       contents of the kit files in any way.



   Options
       -k dirname
                 dirname is the toplevel directory of a foomatic driver "kit".

       -d destdir
                 destdir  is  a  prefix  to  prepend  to the install path.  This will not normally be required, but is useful if
                 installing into a temporary `staging area' prior to installing in the final destination.



EXIT STATUS
       foomatic-kitload returns 0 on success, 255 or something else when an error occurs.


AUTHOR
       Manfred Wassmann <manoloATNCC-1701.de> for the foomatic project using output from the associated binary.


BUGS
       Please post bug reports on

       http://lists.freestandards.org/mailman/listinfo/printing-foomatic




Foomatic Project                                           2001-05-07                                        FOOMATIC-KITLOAD(8)