"$Id: cups-config.man 11830 2014-04-24 12:10:41Z msweet $"

 cups-config man page for CUPS.

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 Copyright 1997-2006 by Easy Software Products.

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 cups-config 1 "CUPS" "15 April 2014" "Apple Inc."
 NAME
cups-config - get cups api, compiler, directory, and link information.

 SYNOPSIS
 cups-config  --api-version 

 cups-config  --build 

 cups-config  --cflags 

 cups-config  --datadir 

 cups-config  --help 

 cups-config  --ldflags 

 cups-config [
 --image ] [
 --static ]
 --libs 

 cups-config  --serverbin 

 cups-config  --serverroot 

 cups-config  --version 


 DESCRIPTION
The cups-config command allows application developers to determine the necessary command-line options for the compiler and linker, as well as the installation directories for filters, configuration files, and drivers.
All values are reported to the standard output.

 OPTIONS
The cups-config command accepts the following command-line options:

 5
 --api-version Reports the current API version (major.minor).

 5
 --build Reports a system-specific build number.

 5
 --cflags Reports the necessary compiler options.

 5
 --datadir Reports the default CUPS data directory.

 5
 --help Reports the program usage message.

 5
 --image When used with --libs, adds the CUPS imaging library to the
list of libraries.

 5
 --ldflags Reports the necessary linker options.

 5
 --libs Reports the necessary libraries to link to.

 5
 --serverbin Reports the default CUPS binary directory, where filters and backends are stored.

 5
 --serverroot Reports the default CUPS configuration file directory.

 5
 --static When used with --libs, reports the static libraries instead of the default (shared) libraries.

 5
 --version Reports the full version number of the CUPS installation (major.minor.patch).

 EXAMPLES
Show the currently installed version of CUPS:


 cups-config --version



Compile a simple one-file CUPS filter:


 cc `cups-config --cflags --ldflags` -o filter filter.c \\
 `cups-config --libs`



 SEE ALSO
 cups (1), CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)

 COPYRIGHT
Copyright \[co] 2007-2014 by Apple Inc.

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