---
name: "append_db"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "tetex-base"
version: "0.4pl6-5"
release: "Debian 1.3 (Bo)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/append_db"
---

# append\_db(1)

add single entry to TeX-inputfiles-database

## NAME

append\_db - add single entry to TeX-inputfiles-database

## SYNOPSIS

**append\_db filename location**

## DESCRIPTION

The binaries of *teTeX* use the file **$TEXMF/ls-R** as database for the locations of common input files. *append\_db* is used internally by *MakeTeXTFM* and *MakeTeXPK* to add a freshly created font to the database.

The *teTeX* binaries will find files even if they are not in the database (as long as they are in the standard search paths), **but it will need very much longer!!!**

## SEE ALSO

[*ls-R*(5)](/ls-R/5.md), [*texhash*(1)](/texhash/1.md).

## AUTHOR

Thomas Esser (te@informatik.uni-hannover.de)