## NAME

fc-cache - build font information cache files

## SYNOPSIS

fc-cache [ -frsvVh ] [ --force ] [ --really-force ] [ --system-only ] [ --verbose ] [ --version ] [ --help ] [ dir... ]

## DESCRIPTION

fc-cache scans the font directories on the system and builds font information cache files for applications using fontconfig for their font handling.

If directory arguments are not given, fc-cache uses each directory in the current font configuration. Each directory is scanned for font files readable by FreeType. A cache is created which contains properties of each font and the associated filename. This cache is used to speed up application startup when using the fontconfig library.

Note that fc-cache must be executed once per architecture to generate font information customized for that architecture.

## OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.

-f Force re-generation of apparently up-to-date cache files, overriding the timestamp checking.

-r Erase all existing cache files and rescan.

-s Only scan system-wide directories, omitting the places located in the user's home directory.

-v Display status information while busy.

-h Show summary of options.

-V Show version of the program and exit.

dir Directory to scan for fonts.

## FILES

%cachdir%/*-%arch%.cache-2 These files are generated by fc-cache and contain maps from file names to font properties. They are read by the fontconfig library at application startup to locate appropriate fonts.

## SEE ALSO

fc-cat(1) fc-list(1) fc-match(1) fc-pattern(1) fc-query(1) fc-scan(1)

The fontconfig user's guide, in HTML format: /usr/share/doc/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> and Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>.