---
name: "texlinks"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "tetex-bin"
version: "2.0.2-30sarge5"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/texlinks/8"
---

# texlinks(8)

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

-

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

  show some help text

-

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

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

-

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

  set verbose mode on (default: off)

-

  - **--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

-

  ## FILES

-

  - *fmtutil.cnf*

  default configuration file

-

  ## SEE ALSO

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

Web page: \<http://tug.cs.umb.edu/tetex/\>

## BUGS

None known, but report any bugs found to \<tetex@dbs.uni-hannover.de\> (mailing list).

## AUTHOR

**texlinks** was written by Thomas Esser  \<te@dbs.uni-hannover.de\> and is Copyright © 1999. **texlinks** has been released into the public domain.

This manual page was written by C.M. Connelly \<c@eskimo.com\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system.  It may be used by other distributions without contacting the author.  Any mistakes or omissions in the manual page are my fault; inquiries about or corrections to this manual page should be directed to me (and not to the primary author).