SYNC-AVAILABLE(8)					   Debian administrator's manual					 SYNC-AVAILABLE(8)

NAME

       sync-available - sync dpkg's available database with apt's database

SYNOPSIS

       sync-available

       sync-available --version

       sync-available --help

DESCRIPTION

       This  program  updates the dpkg(8) available database with the data in the apt(8) package database.  This is required for grep-available(1)
       and other similar programs to give up-to-date results.

       The same functionality is available through dselect(8), when it is configured to use apt(8) as its acquisition method.  However, this  pro-
       gram does not require that dselect(8) is installed.

EXIT STATUS

       The program exits with status code 0 if all went well, and a non-zero status code otherwise.

OPTIONS

       --version
	      Output the name and version of the program onto standard output stream.

       --help Give a brief usage statement on the standard output stream.

ENVIRONMENT

       TMPDIR The name of the directory where temporary files are created.  Default is /tmp.

AUTHOR

       The program and this manual page were written by Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho <ajk@debian.org>.

SEE ALSO

       grep-available(1), apt(8), dpkg(8), dselect(8)

Debian Project							    2005-07-11							 SYNC-AVAILABLE(8)