On Sun, Jun 09, 2013 at 01:02:55AM +0100, Nigel Taylor wrote: > On 06/09/13 00:03, Jason McIntyre wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 08, 2013 at 01:43:45PM -0400, Jiri B wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I haven't found any comment in hier(7) about /var/cache and > >> there seems to be only dir - 'fontconfig'. > >> > >> I'm not sure how this directory was created, probably during > >> install of the xbaseXX set. > >> > >> Shouldn't this in /var/db ? If not, then hier(7) probably > >> needs update. > >> > >> jirib > >> > > > > you're correct that it's installed by xbaseXX, and that hier(7) should > > document it. however, i'm unsure of what its purpose is exactly, so if > > some kind developer can elaborate, i'll be happy to add an entry (cookie > > given for succint one line description that i can paste). > > > > jmc > > > > > > See fc-cache(1) > > > "These files are generated by fc-cache and contain maps from file > names to font properties. They are read by the fontconfig > library at application startup to locate appropriate fonts." >
thanks! (no cookie though) i guess we should properly document cache/fontconfig/, not cache/, but it messes up the formatting and would look weird that we hadn;t documented cache/. so my stab at it below. i also considered "Font maps" as opposed to just "Maps", but i don;t know enough about this stuff. oks/corrections welcome. if not, it'll go in as below. jmc Index: hier.7 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man7/hier.7,v retrieving revision 1.106 diff -u -r1.106 hier.7 --- hier.7 9 Dec 2012 18:21:44 -0000 1.106 +++ hier.7 9 Jun 2013 08:33:01 -0000 @@ -569,6 +569,8 @@ .Xr authpf 8 . .It backups/ Miscellaneous backup files. +.It cache/ +Maps for the X11 fontconfig library. .It crash/ Crash dumps written by .Xr savecore 8 .
