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
testing visibility as the calling user.
.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-basename\fR
+Match only against the file name portion of the path name,
+ie., the directory names will be excluded from the match
+(but still printed). This does not speed up the search,
+but can suppress uninteresting matches.
+
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-count\fR
Do not print each match. Instead, count them, and print out a total
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-database\fR \fIDBPATH\fR
-Find matches in \fB/var/lib/mlocate/plocate.db\fR, instead of the given database.
+Find matches in the given database, instead of \fB/var/lib/plocate/plocate.db\fR.
(
.B plocate
does not currently support multiple databases.)
\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.
.I extended
regular expressions.
+.TP
+\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-wholename\fR
+Match against the entire path name. This is the default,
+so unless \fB-b\fR is given first (see above), it will not do
+anything. This option thus exists only as compatibility with
+.BR mlocate (1).
+
.TP
.B \-\-help
Print out usage information, then exit successfully.