-.TH plocate-build 1 "Oct 2020" plocate-build
+.TH plocate-build 8 "Oct 2020" plocate-build
.SH NAME
plocate-build \- generate index for plocate
.BR mlocate (1)
package. This is currently the only way to build such an index.
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
reducing overall performance for typical queries. The default value is 32.
Setting it to 1 makes one (compressed) block per filename.
+.TP
+\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-plaintext\fR
+Treat the input as plain text, with entries delimited by newlines,
+instead of an mlocate database.
+
.TP
.B \-\-help
Print out usage information, then exit successfully.