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
-p Update the packages list only.
-j Update the files list only.
-b Update both (default).
-h This help message.
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
dlocate(1).
1.17 2024-11-25 update-dlocatedb(8)
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