update-dlocatedb(8) | dpkg suite | update-dlocatedb(8) |
NAME¶
update-dlocatedb - generate text database of installed files for dlocate
SYNOPSIS¶
update-dlocatedb [option...]
DESCRIPTION¶
update-dlocatedb generates a plain text package contents listing from the files /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list.
This program is usually called from cron.daily.
OPTIONS¶
FILES¶
- /etc/default/dlocate
- Configuration file with default options. Currently the only option is to enable/disable gzip compression of the dlocatedb file.
- /var/lib/dpkg/info
- Directory containing dpkg file lists.
- /var/lib/dlocate/dlocatedb
- Plain text listing of all files belonging to all packages (optionally compressed).
- /var/lib/dlocate/dpkg-list
- Listing of all packages known to dpkg.
This contains the reformatted output output of "dpkg -l". The file format is four fields separated by tabs:
status<TAB>package-name<TAB>installed-version<TAB>synopsis
The "installed-version" field may contain an architecture, e.g. ":arch".
SEE ALSO¶
2024-11-25 | 1.17 |