pdbv8

Usage

Overview

This manual page documents the pdbv command. The program generates a navigable view of the dpkg or rpm database of the system it is invoked on. The resulting (X)HTML output can be viewed with a browser.

It starts to look for a file named /etc/pdbv/pdbvrc then for files named $HOME/.pdbvrc and $HOME/.pdbvrc2. Finally it uses command line arguments.

Options

The programs follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.

-d, --dir=/path

Output directory. A directory called pdbv will be created in there.

--xhtml

Generate XHTML output (default).

--listing=type

Type of listing : basic, group (by section/group), date, all. (this option applies to xhtml/html output) (missing in pdbv 2.0.x)

--light

Run faster but generate a less polished output. For instance, links will not be created from urls and emails. You should not use this option unless pdbv take more than a minute to run.

-f, --force

Update all entries, even if they seem up-to-date.

--debug

Print out debug messages, use warnings.

--cron=delay

Run only if the cron delay specified on the command line is equal to the cron delay specified in the configuration file. This option is used in /etc/cron.d/pdbv

-h, --help

Show summary of options.

--version

Show version of program.