for update-language-dat
language.dat
Generate hyphenation configuration for tex engines
Part of update-language(8).
Generate hyphenation configuration files language.dat, .def, .dat.lua
When called as update-language, all three configurations files are generated. Otherwise only the selected one.
-c, --conf-file=FILE
file giving additional hyphen specifications
-o, --output-file=FILE file to write the output to
-d, --output-dir=DIR
directory where files are written
--checks
perform sanity checks on the generated config file
-q, --quiet
don't write anything to the standard output during normal operation
-h, -?, --help
display this help message and exit
--version
output version information and exit
The default output directory is
/var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config
The default output files are
for update-language-dat
language.dat
for update-language-def
language.def
for update-language-lua
language.dat.lua
If -o/--output-file is given, it overrides all defaults.
--conf-file since Debian 9 (Stretch);
--output-dir since Debian 9 (Stretch);
-? since Debian 9 (Stretch);
-d since Debian 9 (Stretch);
-h since Debian 9 (Stretch);
-q since Debian 9 (Stretch).
--conf-dir until Debian 8 (Jessie);
--output-file until Debian 8 (Jessie);
-o until Debian 8 (Jessie).