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+.TH urpmi.update 8 "05 Jul 2001" "MandrakeSoft" "Mandrake Linux"
+.IX urpmi.update
+.SH NAME
+urpmi.update \- Updates packages list for specified medias
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B urpmi.update [options] [<\fInames\fP>]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+urpmi.update scans all the <\fInames\fP> media to update their packages list.
+Usefull for ftp location for example.
+.PP
+<\fInames\fP> is a list of name you first told to urpmi.addmedia
+
+.SH OPTIONS
+.IP "\fB\-a\fP"
+Select all media that are not using a removable device to update them.
+.IP "\fB\-c\fP"
+Clean /var/cache/urpmi/headers directory on exit.
+.IP "\fB\-f\fP"
+Force rebuild of hdlist files or base files (/var/lib/urpmi/depslist.ordered,
+/var/lib/urpmi/provides and /var/lib/urpmi/compss).
+.SH FILES
+/usr/bin/urpmi
+.br
+The \fBurpmi\fP executable (perl script)
+.PP
+/var/lib/urpmi/list.*
+.br
+Contains the list of all packages known by urpmi and their location.
+There is one filelist per media(*).
+.PP
+/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.*
+.br
+Contain information about all known packages, it's a summary of rpm headers.
+There is one filelist per media(*).
+.PP
+/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.*
+.br
+Contain synthesis information about all known packages built from hdlist files
+that can be used by minimal closure algorithm. If these files are not present
+use \fBurpmi.update -a\fP to generate them. These files are not mandatory.
+.PP
+/etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg
+.br
+Contains media description, previous format from older urpmi is accepted.
+.PP
+/etc/urpmi/skip.list
+.br
+Contains package names that should be not automatically updated.
+.PP
+/var/lib/urpmi/depslist.ordered
+.br
+A simple text file containing all dependencies of all known packages.
+.PP
+/var/lib/urpmi/provides
+.br
+A simple text file containning all provides and the list of associated
+packages that contains them.
+.PP
+/var/lib/urpmi/compss
+.br
+A simple text file containning for each Group used the list of package in
+this group.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+urpmi(8),
+urpmi.addmedia(8),
+urpmf(8),
+urpmq(8),
+autoirpm(8),
+autoirpm-icons(8),
+gurpmi(8),
+rpmdrake(8)
+.SH AUTHOR
+Pascal Rigaux, Mandrakesoft <pixel@mandrakesoft.com>
+.br
+Francois Pons, Mandrakesoft <fpons@mandrakesoft.com>