MKTEXLSR(1)MKTEXLSR(1)NAME
mktexlsr - create ls-R databases
SYNOPSIS
mktexlsr [directories]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete documen‐
tation for this version of TeX can be found in the info file or manual
Kpathsea: A library for path searching.
mktexlsr is used to generate the ls-R databases used by the kpathsea
library. It will create them for the specified directories, or for a
default list if no directories are specified.
OPTIONS
mktexlsr accepts the following options:
--help Print help message and exit.
--version
Print version information and exit.
NOTES
When called by root with no arguments, mktexlsr in Debian ignores TEXMF
trees under $HOME. This is to avoid creating undesirable files such as
/root/texmf/ls-R when doing usual maintainance (it is generally a bad
idea to work with TeX as root, therefore having a file such as
/root/texmf/ls-R in the first place is rather pointless). If you really
want to update the ls-R databases for such TEXMF trees, simply list
them explicitely on the command-line.
Kpathsea 3.5.6 4 January 1998 MKTEXLSR(1)
