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NAME
       mktexlsr - create ls-R databases


SYNOPSIS
       mktexlsr [directories]


DESCRIPTION
       This  manual  page  is  not  meant  to  be  exhaustive.   The  complete
       documentation for this version of TeX can be found in the info file  or
       manual Kpathsea: A library for path searching.

       mktexlsr  is  used  to generate the ls-R databases used by the kpathsea
       library.  It will create them for the specified directories, or  for  a
       default list if no directories are specified.


OPTIONS
       mktexlsr accepts the following options:

       --help Print help message and exit.

       --version
              Print version information and exit.


NOTES
       When called by root with no arguments, mktexlsr in Debian ignores TEXMF
       trees under $HOME. This is to avoid creating undesirable files such  as
       /root/texmf/ls-R  when  doing usual maintainance (it is generally a bad
       idea to work with  TeX  as  root,  therefore  having  a  file  such  as
       /root/texmf/ls-R in the first place is rather pointless). If you really
       want to update the ls-R databases for such  TEXMF  trees,  simply  list
       them explicitely on the command-line.