Section: Maintenance Commands (8)Updated: November 06, 2004Local indexUp
NAME
pdbv - generate a (X)HTML view of the dpkg or rpm database
SYNOPSIS
pdbv
[options]
DESCRIPTION
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