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PKG_MKLOCATEDB(1)	   OpenBSD Reference Manual	     PKG_MKLOCATEDB(1)

NAME
     pkg_mklocatedb - create a locate database for packages

SYNOPSIS
     pkg_mklocatedb [-anPq] [-d repository] [-p portsdir] [-r release]
		    [-s src] [-x X11src] [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, pkg_mklocatedb will retrieve all package
     entries 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.

     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:

     -a	     Prepend file names with pkgpath information and package names.

     -d repository
	     Scan directory repository for packages.

     -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.

     -p portsdir
	     Retrieve packing-lists from the ports tree instead of binary
	     packages.

     -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 4.9			 June 9, 2010			   OpenBSD 4.9

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