X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=plocate-build.8;h=a34a45795019501d36efe218fffb70c75e06c05d;hb=fd6198891d6fd9642effc0843fef6f23b991af3e;hp=2977e27a555c679c2f629f56c844bc7f3f3eb1a3;hpb=bbe3e01da64e1afa57908e1c5a43af10b731f0db;p=plocate diff --git a/plocate-build.8 b/plocate-build.8 index 2977e27..a34a457 100644 --- a/plocate-build.8 +++ b/plocate-build.8 @@ -13,10 +13,12 @@ plocate-build \- generate index for plocate creates an index from .BR plocate (1) from an index earlier generated by -.BR updatedb (1) +.BR updatedb (8) from the .BR mlocate (1) -package. This is currently the only way to build such an index. +package. Most users would rather want to use plocate's own +.BR updatedb (8), +which is more direct. If .I PLOCATE_DB already exists, it will be overwritten (non-atomically). The file is