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authorFlorian Pritz <bluewind@xinu.at>2015-10-25 16:19:54 +0100
committerAllan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>2015-11-03 14:36:53 +1000
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Document pacman -F
Signed-off-by: Florian Pritz <bluewind@xinu.at> Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
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@@ -110,6 +110,12 @@ greater than `1:3.6-1`.
Options>> below; also see <<HCF,Handling Config Files>> for an explanation
on how pacman takes care of configuration files.
+*-F, \--files*::
+ Query the files database. This operation allows you to look for packages
+ owning certain files or display files owned by certain packages. Only
+ packages that are part of your sync databases are searched. See
+ <<FO,File Options>> below.
+
*-V, \--version*::
Display version and exit.
@@ -451,6 +457,29 @@ Database Options[[QO]]
a check on the sync databases to ensure all specified dependencies
are available.
+File Options[[FO]]
+------------------
+
+*-y, --refresh*::
+ Download fresh package databases from the server. Use twice to force a
+ refresh even if databases are up to date.
+
+*-l, \--list*::
+ List the files owned by the queried package.
+
+*-s, \--search*::
+ Search package file names for matching strings.
+
+*-x, --regex*::
+ Treat arguments to '--search' as regular expressions.
+
+*-o, \--owns*::
+ Search for packages that own a particular file.
+
+*-q, \--quiet*::
+ Show less information for certain file operations. This is useful when
+ pacman's output is processed in a script, however, you may want to use
+ '--machinereadable' instead.
Handling Config Files[[HCF]]
----------------------------