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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

−h, −−help

Show summary of options.

−−version

Show version of program.

SEE ALSO

dpkg(8), rpm(8).

AUTHORS

Mathieu Roy <yeupou [AT] gnu.org>, Paulo Miguel Peralta Ferreira <pmpf [AT] ist.pt>, Federico Montesino Pouzols <fedemp [AT] suidzer0.org>, Arkadiusz Lipiec <A.Lipiec [AT] elka.pl>, Florian M. Weps <fmw [AT] debian.org>.
This manual page was written by Florian M. Weps, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).