NAME
pkg_mklocatedb —
create a locate database for
packages
SYNOPSIS
pkg_mklocatedb |
[-aKnPqu]
[-d repository]
[-p portsdir]
[pkg-name ...] |
DESCRIPTION
The pkg_mklocatedb command is used to
create a file database for binary packages, which can be searched using the
locate(1)
utility.
Entries created for each package will have the package name
prepended:
kdelibs-3.3.2p2:/usr/local/bin/meinproc.
If the -p option is used, and
SUBDIRLIST is not defined,
pkg_mklocatedb will retrieve all package entries
from the ports tree.
If the -p option is used together with
SUBDIRLIST, pkg_mklocatedb
will retrieve the package entries listed in
SUBDIRLIST from the ports tree.
Otherwise, pkg_mklocatedb will build
database entries for every file object for each
pkg-name given on the command line, or for every
package in a repository specified as the
-d option. If no package name is given,
pkg_mklocatedb will build database entries for all
currently installed packages.
By default (unless standard output is a terminal), the list of names is fed to /usr/libexec/locate.mklocatedb and the end result should be redirected to a file.
The options are as follows:
-a- Prepend file names with pkgpath information and package names.
-drepository- Scan directory repository for packages.
-K- Include keyword in each object full name. This is more accurate, but
defeats locate(1) compression.
However, note that some meta annotations always make it into the database:
@*exec*,@define-tag,@newgroup,@newuser,@optionno-default-conflict and@tag. -n- Do not pipe output to /usr/libexec/locate.mklocatedb (default if standard output is a terminal).
-P- Prepend file names with pkgpath information instead of package name.
-pportsdir- Retrieve packing-lists from the ports tree instead of binary packages.
-q- Be quiet: do not report every package processed to standard error.
-u- Update an existing list. The list must come from standard input, and contain pkgpath information for items to be replaced.
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS
Marc Espie