mtx-cache(1)

📦 version 2026.0, in alpine 3.24

✨ mtx-cache ✨

okay so this is mtx-cache, the ConTeXt & MetaTeX cache management script, and it lives in section 1 of the manual 💅 like, it's a full-on mtxrun script bestie, not some standalone binary, so you run it through mtxrun — keep that in mind 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mtxrun --script cache [ OPTIONS ...  ] [ FILENAMES ]

that's the whole vibe: mtxrun, then --script cache, then whatever options and filenames you wanna throw at it 💖

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

ConTeXt & MetaTeX Cache Management. yeah that's literally it, that's the description, no cap 😭 it's the little script that handles your cache for ConTeXt and MetaTeX — make it, list it, wipe it. iconic behaviour honestly 👑

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • --make — generates databases and formats ✨ like, it builds the stuff your cache is supposed to hold, so this is your "get it set up" era 🌈
  • --erase — completely removes the cache 💀 and yes, completely. also takes --bytecode, so it can nuke that too when you want the full clean-out 🔥
  • --list — shows you the cache 👀 a little peek at what's in there, very "let me check my bag" energy 🍓
  • --fonts — only wipes fonts 🎀 just the fonts, nothing else, surgical little move 💅
heads up bestie: --erase is the completely remove one. like, the whole cache. don't come crying to me if you didn't mean it 😭 --fonts is right there if you only wanted the fonts gone 🙈

👑 AUTHOR 👑

the whole "more info" situation, direct from the source, no paraphrasing needed 🫶:

like, all the ConTeXt lore is on those links, go vibe with it 🦋

and that's the page!! 🌸 it's version 1.01, dated 01-01-2026 — happy new year to this manpage specifically 🎉 mwah, go manage that cache bestie 💖🧚

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