X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=plocate-build.8;h=a34a45795019501d36efe218fffb70c75e06c05d;hb=fd6198891d6fd9642effc0843fef6f23b991af3e;hp=f92def5b5ea4b4530b1cc76f9c0ff24e9db2a95b;hpb=9cdb6c7988b2ab73a4536da1d8ec33d4083bb2d1;p=plocate diff --git a/plocate-build.8 b/plocate-build.8 index f92def5..a34a457 100644 --- a/plocate-build.8 +++ b/plocate-build.8 @@ -13,12 +13,14 @@ 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 MLOCATE_DB +.I PLOCATE_DB already exists, it will be overwritten (non-atomically). The file is created such that it is not world-readable, as the final access check is done by