| FC-CACHE(1) | General Commands Manual | FC-CACHE(1) | 
NAME
 fc-cache, fonts.cache - create an index of FreeType font files in a directory
SYNOPSIS
 fc-cache [directory-name ... ]
DESCRIPTION
 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 application startup when using the fontconfig library.
FILES
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fonts.cache
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Maps file names to font properties.  Read by the fontconfig library at application startup to locate appropriate fonts.
 
SEE ALSO
 fontconfig(3)