1MKTEXLSR(1)                 General Commands Manual                MKTEXLSR(1)
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NAME

6       mktexlsr - create ls-R databases
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SYNOPSIS

9       mktexlsr [directories]
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DESCRIPTION

12       This  manual page is not meant to be exhaustive.  The complete documen‐
13       tation for this version of TeX can be found in the info file or  manual
14       Kpathsea: A library for path searching.
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16       mktexlsr  is  used  to generate the ls-R databases used by the kpathsea
17       library.  It will create them for the specified directories, or  for  a
18       default list if no directories are specified.
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OPTIONS

21       mktexlsr accepts the following options:
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23       --help Print help message and exit.
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26              Print version information and exit.
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NOTES

29       When called by root with no arguments, mktexlsr in Debian ignores TEXMF
30       trees under $HOME. This is to avoid creating undesirable files such  as
31       /root/texmf/ls-R  when  doing usual maintainance (it is generally a bad
32       idea to work with  TeX  as  root,  therefore  having  a  file  such  as
33       /root/texmf/ls-R in the first place is rather pointless). If you really
34       want to update the ls-R databases for such  TEXMF  trees,  simply  list
35       them explicitely on the command-line.
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39Kpathsea 3.5.6                  4 January 1998                     MKTEXLSR(1)