`mandb` ( 8 )

создать или обновить кеши индекса справочной страницы (create or update the manual page index caches)

Имя (Name)

mandb - create or update the manual page index caches

Синопсис (Synopsis)

mandb [-dqsucpt?V] [-C file] [manpath] mandb [-dqsut] [-C file] -f filename ...

Описание (Description)

mandb is used to initialise or manually update index database caches. The caches contain information relevant to the current state of the manual page system and the information stored within them is used by the man-db utilities to enhance their speed and functionality.

When creating or updating an index, mandb will warn of bad ROFF .so requests, bogus manual page filenames and manual pages from which the whatis cannot be parsed.

Supplying mandb with an optional colon-delimited path will override the internal system manual page hierarchy search path, determined from information found within the man-db configuration file.

DATABASE CACHES

mandb can be compiled with support for any one of the following database types.

Name Async Filename ────────────────────────────────────── Berkeley db Yes index.bt GNU gdbm Yes index.db UNIX ndbm No index.(dir|pag)

Those database types that support asynchronous updates provide enhanced speed at the cost of possible corruption in the event of unusual termination. In an unusual case where this has occurred, it may be necessary to rerun mandb with the -c option to re- create the databases from scratch.

Параметры (Options)

-d, --debug
              Print debugging information.

       -q, --quiet
              Produce no warnings.

       -s, --no-straycats
              Do not spend time looking for or adding information to the
              databases regarding stray cats.

       -p, --no-purge
              Do not spend time checking for deleted manual pages and
              purging them from the databases.

       -c, --create
              By default, mandb will try to update any previously
              created databases.  If a database does not exist, it will
              create it.  This option forces mandb to delete previous
              databases and re-create them from scratch, and implies
              --no-purge.  This may be necessary if a database becomes
              corrupt or if a new database storage scheme is introduced
              in the future.

       -u, --user-db
              Create user databases only, even with write permissions
              necessary to create system databases.

       -t, --test
              Perform correctness checks on manual pages in the
              hierarchy search path.  With this option, mandb will not
              alter existing databases.

       -f, --filename
              Update only the entries for the given filename.  This
              option is not for general use; it is used internally by
              man when it has been compiled with the MAN_DB_UPDATES
              option and finds that a page is out of date.  It implies
              -p and disables -c and -s.

       -C file, --config-file=file
              Use this user configuration file rather than the default
              of ~/.manpath.

       -?, --help
              Show the usage message, then exit.

       --usage
              Print a short usage message and exit.

       -V, --version
              Show the version, then exit.

Статус выхода (Exit)

0 Successful program execution.

1 Usage, syntax, or configuration file error.

2 Operational error.

3 A child process failed.

Диагностика (Diagnostic)

The following warning messages can be emitted during database building.

<filename>: whatis parse for page(sec) failed An attempt to extract whatis line(s) from the given <filename> failed. This is usually due to a poorly written manual page, but if many such messages are emitted it is likely that the system contains non-standard manual pages which are incompatible with the man-db whatis parser. See the WHATIS PARSING section in lexgrog(1) for more information.

<filename>: is a dangling symlink <filename> does not exist but is referenced by a symbolic link. Further diagnostics are usually emitted to identify the <filename> of the offending link.

<filename>: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request <filename> is either a symbolic link to, or contains a ROFF include request to, a non existent file.

<filename>: ignoring bogus filename The <filename> may or may not be a valid manual page but its name is invalid. This is usually due to a manual page with sectional extension <x> being put in manual page section <y>.

<filename_mask>: competing extensions The wildcard <filename_mask> is not unique. This is usually caused by the existence of both a compressed and uncompressed version of the same manual page. All but the most recent are ignored.

Файлы (Files)

/usr/local/etc/man_db.conf man-db configuration file.

/var/cache/man/index.(bt|db|dir|pag) An FHS compliant global index database cache.

Older locations for the database cache included:

/usr/man/index.(bt|db|dir|pag) A traditional global index database cache.

/var/catman/index.(bt|db|dir|pag) An alternate or FSSTND compliant global index database cache.

Смотри также (See also)

lexgrog(1), man(1), manpath(5), catman(8)

The WHATIS PARSING section formerly in this manual page is now part of lexgrog(1).

Исходный текст на man7.org

mandb ( 8 )