.TH "texlinks" "1" ""8 March 2022" "TeX Live"
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.SH "NAME" 
texlinks \- maintain symbolic links from format to engine
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.SH "SYNOPSIS" 
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\fBtexlinks\fP [ \fIOPTIONS\fP\&.\&.\&. ]  \fIDIRECTORIES\fP\&.\&.\&.
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.SH "DESCRIPTION" 
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\fBtexlinks\fP is used to create or recreate symbolic links from
formats to engines according to the information in
\fIfmtutil\&.cnf\fP or a file specified with \fB--cnffile\fP\&.
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\fIDIRECTORIES\fP is an optional list of directories in which to
operate\&.  If no directories are specified the list of directories
depends on the \fB--multiplatform\fP option\&.
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.SH "OPTIONS" 
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.IP "\fB--cnffile\fP \fIFILE\fP or \fB-f\fP \fIFILE\fP" 
use file as configuration file (default:
\fIfmtutil\&.cnf\fP)
.IP "\fB--help\fP or \fB-h\fP" 
show some help text
.IP "\fB--multiplatform\fP or \fB-m\fP" 
operate in all
platform-specific directories (default:
operate only in the directory for this
platform)
.IP "\fB--silent\fP or \fB-s\fP" 
silently skip over existing
scripts/binaries instead of printing a warning
.IP "\fB--unlink\fP or \fB-u\fP"
Unlink previously created symlinks
.IP "\fB--verbose\fP or \fB-v\fP"
+set verbose mode on (default: off)
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.SH "FILES" 
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.IP "\fIfmtutil\&.cnf\fP" 
default configuration file
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.SH "SEE ALSO" 
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\fBfmtutil\fP(1), \fBfmtutil\&.cnf\fP(5)
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Web page: <https://tug.org/texlive/>
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.SH "BUGS" 
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Email bug reports to <https://lists.tug.org/tex-k> (public mailing list).
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.SH "AUTHOR" 
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\fBtexlinks\fP was written by Thomas Esser in 1999\&.
\fBtexlinks\fP has been released into the public domain\&.
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This manual page was written by C\&.M\&. Connelly for the Debian
GNU/Linux system\&. It is now maintained as part of TeX Live.