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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2008-06-20 03:46:40 +0000
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2008-06-20 03:46:40 +0000
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Document the new emerge <file> feature.
svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=10732
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diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ emerge \- Command\-line interface to the Portage system
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.TP
.BR emerge
-[\fIoptions\fR] [\fIaction\fR] [\fIebuild\fR | \fItbz2file\fR | \fI@set\fR | \fIatom\fR] ...
+[\fIoptions\fR] [\fIaction\fR] [\fIebuild\fR | \fItbz2file\fR | \fIfile\fR | \fI@set\fR | \fIatom\fR] ...
.TP
.BR emerge
\fB\-\-sync\fR | \fB\-\-version\fR
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ A \fItbz2file\fR must be a valid .tbz2 created with \fBebuild
<package>\-<version>.ebuild package\fR or \fBemerge \-\-buildpkg
[category/]<package>\fR or \fBquickpkg /var/db/pkg/<category>/<package>\fR.
.TP
+.BR file
+A \fIfile\fR must be a file or directory that has been installed by one or
+more packages. For directories that are owned by multiple packages, all
+owning packages to be selected. See the portageq(1) owners command if you
+would like to query the owners of one or more files or directories.
+.TP
.BR set
A \fIset\fR is a convenient shorthand for a large group of
packages. Two sets are currently always available: \fBsystem\fR