---
name: "texlinks"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "texlive-doc"
version: "2026.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/texlinks"
---

# texlinks(1)

maintain symbolic links from format to engine

## NAME

texlinks - maintain symbolic links from format to engine

## SYNOPSIS

**texlinks** \[ *OPTIONS*... \]  *DIRECTORIES*...

## DESCRIPTION

**texlinks** is used to create or recreate symbolic links from formats to engines according to the information in *fmtutil.cnf* or a file specified with **--cnffile**.

*DIRECTORIES* is an optional list of directories in which to operate.  If no directories are specified the list of directories depends on the **--multiplatform** option.

## OPTIONS

- **--cnffile** *FILE* or **-f** *FILE*

  use file as configuration file (default: *fmtutil.cnf*)

- **--help** or **-h**

  show some help text

- **--multiplatform** or **-m**

  operate in all platform-specific directories (default: operate only in the directory for this platform)

- **--silent** or **-s**

  silently skip over existing scripts/binaries instead of printing a warning

- **--unlink** or **-u**

  Unlink previously created symlinks

- **--verbose** or **-v**

  \+set verbose mode on (default: off)

## FILES

- *fmtutil.cnf*

  default configuration file

## SEE ALSO

[**fmtutil**(1)](/fmtutil/1.md), [**fmtutil.cnf**(5)](/fmtutil.cnf/5.md)

Web page: \<https://tug.org/texlive/\>

## BUGS

Email bug reports to \<https://lists.tug.org/tex-k\> (public mailing list).

## AUTHOR

**texlinks** was written by Thomas Esser in 1999. **texlinks** has been released into the public domain.

This manual page was written by C.M. Connelly for the Debian GNU/Linux system. It is now maintained as part of TeX Live.