PKG_UPDATING(1) BSD General Commands Manual PKG_UPDATING(1)NAMEpkg_updating — a utility for displaying UPDATING entries of software
packages
SYNOPSISpkg_updating [-h] [-d date] [-f file] [pkg-name ...]
pkg_updatingDESCRIPTION
The pkg_updating command scans the installed ports and show all UPDATING
entries that affect one of the installed ports. Alternative a list of
pkg-names could be passed.
OPTIONS
The following command line options are supported:
pkg-name ...
UPDATING entries for the named packages are displayed.
-d, --date date
Only entries newer than date are shown. Use a YYYYMMDD date for‐
mat.
-f, --file file
Defines a alternative location of the UPDATING file.
-h, --help
Print help message.
EXAMPLESpkg_updating
Shows all entries of all installed ports.
pkg_updating-d 20070101
Shows all entries of all installed ports since 2007-01-01.
pkg_updating apache mysql
Shows all entries for all apache and mysql ports.
pkg_updating-d 20060101 apache
Shows all apache entries since 2006-01-01.
pkg_updating-f /tmp/UPDATING
Defines that the UPDATING file is in /tmp and shows all entries of all
installed ports
ENVIRONMENT
PKG_DBDIR Specifies an alternative location for the installed package
database.
PORTSDIR Location of the ports tree.
FILES
/var/db/pkg Default location of the installed package database.
/usr/ports The default ports directory and default location of the
UPDATING file
SEE ALSOpkg_add(1), pkg_create(1), pkg_delete(1), pkg_version(1)AUTHORS
Beat G�tzi ⟨beat@chruetertee.ch⟩
CONTRIBUTORS
Martin Tournoij ⟨carpetsmoker@xs4all.nl⟩
BUGS
Sure to be some.
BSD May 30, 2008 BSD