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
Treat the input as plain text, with entries delimited by newlines,
instead of an mlocate database.
+.TP
+\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-require\-visibility\fR \fIFLAG\fR
+Set the \*(lqrequire file visibility before reporting it\*(rq flag in the
+generated database to \fIFLAG\fR. The default is yes, even for an mlocate
+database with the flag originally set to no (although the latter may
+change in the future).
+
.TP
.B \-\-help
Print out usage information, then exit successfully.