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This follows the same format that dpkg uses, so that it's easier to edit and read the source for the manual pages. As a side effect we do not need to care about troff formatting anymore. Closes: #970892
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# Written by Andreas Metzler <ametzler@downhill.at.eu.org>,
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# under the terms of the GNU GPL.
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=head1 NAME
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update-dlocatedb - generate text database of installed files for dlocate
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=head1 SYNOPSIS
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B<update-dlocatedb> [I<option>...]
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=head1 DESCRIPTION
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B<update-dlocatedb> generates a plain text package contents listing
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from the files F</var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list>.
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This program is usually called from F<cron.daily>.
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=head1 OPTIONS
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=over
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=item B<-p>
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Update the packages list only.
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=item B<-j>
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Update the files list only.
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=item B<-b>
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Update both (default).
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=item B<-h>
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This help message.
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=back
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=head1 FILES
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=over
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=item F</etc/default/dlocate>
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Configuration file with default options. Currently the only option is
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to enable/disable gzip compression of the dlocatedb file.
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=item F</var/lib/dpkg/info>
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Directory containing dpkg file lists.
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=item F</var/lib/dlocate/dlocatedb>
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Plain text listing of all files belonging to all packages
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(optionally compressed).
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=item F</var/lib/dlocate/dpkg-list>
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Listing of all packages known to dpkg.
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This contains the reformatted output output of C<dpkg -l>.
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The file format is four fields separated by tabs:
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status<TAB>package-name<TAB>installed-version<TAB>synopsis
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The "installed-version" field may contain an architecture, e.g. ":arch".
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=back
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=head1 SEE ALSO
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L<dlocate(1)>.
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