SYNC-AVAILABLE(8) Debian administrator's manual SYNC-AVAILABLE(8)
NAME
sync-available - sync dpkg's available database with apt's database
SYNOPSIS
sync-available
sync-available --version
sync-available --help
DESCRIPTION
This program updates the dpkg(8) available database with the data in the
apt(8) package database. This is required for grep-available(1) and
other similar programs to give up-to-date results.
The same functionality is available through dselect(8), when it is con-
figured to use apt(8) as its acquisition method. However, this program
does not require that dselect(8) is installed.
EXIT STATUS
The program exits with status code 0 if all went well, and a non-zero
status code otherwise.
OPTIONS
--version
Output the name and version of the program onto standard output
stream.
--help Give a brief usage statement on the standard output stream.
ENVIRONMENT
TMPDIR The name of the directory where temporary files are created. De-
fault is /tmp.
AUTHOR
The program and this manual page were written by Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
<ajk@debian.org>.
SEE ALSO
grep-available(1), apt(8), dpkg(8), dselect(8)
Debian Project 2005-07-11 SYNC-AVAILABLE(8)
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