---
name: "update-canna-dics_dir"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "canna"
version: "3.7p3-25"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/update-canna-dics_dir"
---

# update-canna-dics\_dir(8)

compile dics.dir file

## NAME

update-canna-dics\_dir - compile dics.dir file

## SYNOPSIS

## DESCRIPTION

**update-canna-dics\_dir** **assembles a** *dics.dir* file in the Canna dictionary using one or more alias files found in a subdirectory of */etc/X11/fonts/*. It is typically invoked only from the post-installation and post-removal scripts of a *package* containing fonts (that provide aliases for their names) for the X Window System, but may be invoked at any time to reconstruct *fonts.alias* files.  For each *directory*, which is either an absolute path to an X font directory or (preferably) simply the last component of its path (such as "75dpi" or "misc"), **update-canna-dics\_dir** will assemble */usr/lib/X11/fonts/*directory*/fonts.alias* from the files found in */etc/X11/fonts/*directory*/*package*.alias*.

This enables multiple packages to provide aliases for fonts in the same directory.  No font package actually provides the *fonts.alias* file in the X font directory itself, so there is no danger of overwriting one package's aliases with those of another.

For instance, the two packages "xfonts-base" and "xfonts-cjk" may both install fonts into the directory */usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc*. They each place their *fonts.alias* files in */etc/X11/fonts/misc/xfonts-base.alias* and */etc/X11/fonts/misc/xfonts-cjk.alias* (respectively). **update-canna-dics\_dir** concatenates these two files (as well as any others that match */etc/X11/fonts/misc/\*.alias*) into */usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias*.

The format for *fonts.alias* files is given in the [**mkfontdir**(1)](/mkfontdir/1.md) manual page.

An example of how to use **update-canna-dics\_dir** in package maintainer scripts is provided in the Debian Policy Manual.

## SEE ALSO

[**mkfontdir**(1)](/mkfontdir/1.md)

## DIAGNOSTICS

**update-canna-dics\_dir** exits with status 1 if its arguments are absent or invalid.

## BUGS

See \<http://bugs.debian.org/canna\>.  If you wish to report a bug in **update-canna-dics\_dir**, please see */usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt*, the [**bug**(1)](/bug/1.md) command, or the [**reportbug**(1)](/reportbug/1.md) command.

## AUTHOR

**update-canna-dics\_dir** is written and copyrighted by ISHIKAWA Mutsumi.  It is licensed under the GNU GPL, version 2.