alpm-db-files-validate(1)

alpm-db-files-validate1

Validate an alpm-db-files file.

Usage

alpm-db-files validate [{-i | --input-file}] [{-h | --help}]

Overview

Validate an alpm-db-files file.

If the file can be validated, the program exits with no output and an exit code of zero. If the file cannot be validated, an error is emitted on stderr and the program exits with a non-zero exit code.

Options

-i, --input-file <INPUT_FILE>

An input file to read from.

If no file is provided, stdin is used instead.

May also be specified with the ALPM_DB_FILES_VALIDATE_INPUT_FILE environment variable.

-h, --help

Print help (see a summary with '-h')

From alpm-db 0.3.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.