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
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.