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<H1>SYNC-AVAILABLE</H1>
Section: Debian administrator's manual (8)<BR>Updated: 2005-07-11<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
sync-available - sync dpkg's available database with apt's database
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
<B>sync-available</B>
<P>
<B>sync-available --version</B>
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<B>sync-available --help</B>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
This program updates the
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+dpkg">dpkg</A></B>(8)
<I>available</I>
database with the data in the
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+apt">apt</A></B>(8)
package database. This is required for
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+grep-available">grep-available</A></B>(1)
and other similar programs to give up-to-date results.
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The same functionality is available through
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+dselect">dselect</A></B>(8),
when it is configured to use
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+apt">apt</A></B>(8)
as its acquisition method. However, this program does not require that
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+dselect">dselect</A></B>(8)
is installed.
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<H2>EXIT STATUS</H2>
The program exits with status code
<B>0</B>
if all went well, and a non-zero
status code otherwise.
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<H2>OPTIONS</H2>
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<DT id="1"><B>--version<DD>
Output the name and version of the program onto standard output stream.
<DT id="2">--help<DD>
Give a brief usage statement on the standard output stream.
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<H2>ENVIRONMENT</H2>
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<DT id="3"><B>TMPDIR<DD>
The name of the directory where temporary files are created. Default is
</B><I>/tmp</I>.
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2>
The program and this manual page were written by Antti-Juhani
Kaijanaho &lt;<A HREF="mailto:ajk@debian.org">ajk@debian.org</A>&gt;.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+grep-available">grep-available</A></B>(1),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+apt">apt</A></B>(8),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+dpkg">dpkg</A></B>(8),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+dselect">dselect</A></B>(8)
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<DT id="4"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="5"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAE">EXIT STATUS</A><DD>
<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAF">OPTIONS</A><DD>
<DT id="9"><A HREF="#lbAG">ENVIRONMENT</A><DD>
<DT id="10"><A HREF="#lbAH">AUTHOR</A><DD>
<DT id="11"><A HREF="#lbAI">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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