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authorDavid Prévot <david@tilapin.org>2011-05-05 12:21:06 -0400
committerAntti-Juhani Kaijanaho <ajk@debian.org>2011-07-28 19:06:22 +0300
commitc6c9ee536cf7ecee16f1b6ec5f4ed9d582f250a9 (patch)
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@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ sync\-available \- sync dpkg's available database with apt's database
.SH DESCRIPTION
This program updates the
.BR dpkg (8)
-available database with the data in the
+.I available
+database with the data in the
.BR apt (8)
package database. This is required for
.BR grep\-available (1)
@@ -39,19 +40,21 @@ as its acquisition method. However, this program does not require that
.BR dselect (8)
is installed.
.SH "EXIT STATUS"
-The program exits with status code 0 if all went well, and a non-zero
+The program exits with status code
+.B 0
+if all went well, and a non-zero
status code otherwise.
.SH OPTIONS
-.IP --version
+.IP \fB--version
Output the name and version of the program onto standard output stream.
-.IP --help
+.IP \fB--help
Give a brief usage statement on the standard output stream.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
-.IP TMPDIR
+.IP \fBTMPDIR
The name of the directory where temporary files are created. Default is
.IR /tmp .
.SH AUTHOR
-This program and this manual page were written by Antti-Juhani
+The program and this manual page were written by Antti-Juhani
Kaijanaho <ajk@debian.org>.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR apt (8),