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5.6.2 Specially-recognized files for 'kpsewhich'
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'kpsewhich' recognizes a few special filenames on the command line and
defaults to using the 'known' file formats for them, merely to save the
time and trouble of specifying the format.  This is only a feature of
'kpsewhich'; when using the Kpathsea library itself, none of these
special filenames are recognized, and it's still up to the caller to
specify the desired format.

   Here is the list of special filenames to 'kpsewhich', along with
their corresponding format:

'config.ps'
     'dvips config'

'dvipdfmx.cfg'
     'other text files'

'fmtutil.cnf'
     'web2c files'

'glyphlist.txt'
     'map'

'mktex.cnf'
     'web2c files'

'pdfglyphlist.txt'
     'map'

'pdftex.cfg'
     'pdftex config' (although 'pdftex.cfg' is not used any more; look
     for the file 'pdftexconfig.tex' instead.)

'texmf.cnf'
     'cnf'

'XDvi'
     'other text files'

   A user-specified format will override the above defaults.

   Another useful configuration file in this regard is 'tcfmgr.map',
found in 'texmf/texconfig/tcfmgr.map', which records various information
about the above configuration files (among others).