pdbv(8)

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 pro

gram 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 syn

tax, 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 com

mand line is
equal to the cron delay specified in the con

figuration 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@gnu.org>, Paulo Miguel Per

alta Ferreira
<pmpf@ist.utl.pt>, Federico Montesino Pouzols

<fedemp@suidzer0.org>,
Arkadiusz Lipiec <A.Lipiec@elka.pw.edu.pl>, Florian

M. Weps
<fmw@debian.org>.
This manual page was written by Florian M. Weps,

for the Debian
GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

November 06, 2004

PDBV(8)