X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=plocate.1;h=56ff0eb9c6dbe9e4dce193395e6533f10ae3aecb;hb=498466c6434e479cd973fe7655b4feb51dd2c378;hp=85c6fcc93af1275947c3ca3698c1e41847b01db8;hpb=b6d598e43038ad053e2b15141fcb3c18c13ba025;p=plocate diff --git a/plocate.1 b/plocate.1 index 85c6fcc..56ff0eb 100644 --- a/plocate.1 +++ b/plocate.1 @@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ All of this matches behavior. Like -.BR mlocate(1), +.BR mlocate (1), +.B plocate shows all files visible to the calling user (by virtue of having read and execute permissions on all parent directories), and none that are not, by means of running with the setgid @@ -71,9 +72,8 @@ number at the end. .TP \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-database\fR \fIDBPATH\fR -Find matches in \fB/var/lib/mlocate/plocate.db\fR, instead of the given database. -( -.B plocate +Find matches in the given database, instead of \fB/var/lib/plocate/plocate.db\fR. +.RB ( plocate does not currently support multiple databases.) .TP @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ allowed to contain embedded newlines. \fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-regexp\fR Patterns are taken to be POSIX basic regular expressions. See -.BR regex(7) +.BR regex (7) for more information. Note that this forces a linear scan through the entire database, which is slow.