PKG_MKLOCATEDB(1)          OpenBSD Reference Manual          PKG_MKLOCATEDB(1)

NAME
     pkg_mklocatedb - create a locate database for packages

SYNOPSIS
     pkg_mklocatedb [-nq] [-r release] [-s src] [-x X11src] [pkg-name [...]]

DESCRIPTION
     The pkg_mklocatedb command is used to create databases adapted for pack-
     ages, 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.

     pkg_mklocatedb will build database entries for every file object for each
     pkg-name given on the command line.  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 redi-
     rected to a file.

     In addition, pkg_mklocatedb can also list files in the base sets of an
     OpenBSD distribution, which are not exactly packages in the usual sense.

     The options are as follows:

     -n   Do not pipe output to /usr/libexec/locate.mklocatedb (default if
          standard output is a terminal).

     -q   Be quiet: do not report every package processed to standard error.

     -r release
          Specify the location of a release directory (see release(8)).
          pkg_mklocatedb will list release tar balls from that directory.

     -s src
          Specify the location of OpenBSD source.  pkg_mklocatedb will list
          sets found under that source directory.

     -x X11src
          Specify the location of X11 source.  pkg_mklocatedb will list sets
          found under that X11 source directory.

SEE ALSO
     locate(1), pkg_info(1)

AUTHORS
     Marc Espie

OpenBSD 4.0                    February 17, 2005                             1
