fsfpreset(1M)                                          fsfpreset(1M)


       NAME
             fsfpreset - request font server to reread its catalogue

       SYNOPSIS
             fsfpreset port-number

       DESCRIPTION
             The fsfpreset utility is used by the fontmgr program (the
             Fonts application in the Preferences folder of the Desktop) to
             reset the catalogue of the font server whenever any Type 1
             scalable outline fonts are added or deleted by the user, or
             when the Actions / Integrity Check menu item is used.  Desktop
             is opened.)  Its function is similar in purpose to the xset fp
             rehash command for the X server.

             The Desktop is configured so that the X server gets its fonts
             from two local sources: the misc fonts directory and the local
             font server.  The font server catalogue defines the scalable
             outline font directory type1 and the two bitmapped font
             directories 75dpi and 100dpi.  All 3 directories are in
             /usr/X/lib/fonts.  By default, the font server in UnixWare
             renders Type 1 fonts using Adobe Type Manager.

             In vanilla X11R5, when xset fp rehash is run, only the
             directories in the X server's font path are re-read, not the
             font server directories.  No utility is provided in X11R5 to
             request the font server to reread the directories defined in
             its catalogue; it does reread them, however, if sent a SIGUSR1
             signal.  fsfpreset is a UnixWare-specific utility that sends
             the needed SIGUSR1 signal to the local font server process,
             causing it to re-read its catalogue of available fonts.

             The one argument to fsfpreset is the port number of the font
             server process.  Using this number, fsfpreset locates the
             process ID of the font server process in the file
             /dev/X/fs.port-number.pid (this process ID is put there by the
             font server, fs, when it starts up), and sends that process
             the SIGUSR1 signal.

             fsfpreset must run setuid, and with the same permissions as
             the fs process itself; in UnixWare this is bin, a system id.

             The fontmgr process obtains the port number argument used by
             fsfpreset by getting the font server element out of the
             X server's font path; it does this for each local font server
             in the X server font path.  (The default port number in


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      fsfpreset(1M)                                          fsfpreset(1M)


            UnixWare is 7000.)

      FILES
            /dev/X/fs.*.pid
            /usr/X/adm/fsfpreset
            /usr/X/lib/fonts/type1
            /usr/X/lib/fs/config
            /usr/X/defaults/Xwinconfig

      REFERENCES
            fs(1), fsinfo(1), xset(1)





































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