Support the -e (--existing) option from mlocate.

[plocate] / plocate.1

diff --git a/plocate.1 b/plocate.1
index 090fdb9694da0bfb1269297ec5d9ea74f8e3cada..cc0e8430b4a6889c990e26e3dde60e79a399cc2d 100644 (file)
--- a/plocate.1
+++ b/plocate.1
@@ -78,6 +78,15 @@ It is also possible to give multiple databases in one argument, separated by
 .BR : .
 (Any character, including : and \\, can be escaped by prepending a \\.)
 
+.TP
+\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-existing\fR
+Print only entries that refer to files existing at the time
+.B locate
+is run. Note that unlike
+.BR mlocate (1),
+symlinks are not followed by default (and indeed, there is no option
+to change this).
+
 .TP
 \fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-case\fR
 Do a case-insensitive match as given by the current locale