xfree86 man page for fc-cache

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
       fonts.cache    Maps file names to font properties.  Read by the fontconfig library at application startup to locate appropriate fonts.

SEE ALSO
       fontconfig(3)

XFree86 							   Version 4.7.0						       FC-CACHE(1)