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PKG-UPDATING(8) 	     System Manager's Manual		 PKG-UPDATING(8)

NAME
     pkg updating -- display UPDATING entries of software packages

SYNOPSIS
     pkg updating [-i] [-d date] [-f file] [pkg-name ...]

     pkg updating [--case-insensitive] [--date date] [--file file]
	 [pkg-name ...]

DESCRIPTION
     The  pkg  updating command scans the installed ports and shows all UPDATING
     entries that affect one of the installed ports.  Alternatively, a	list  of
     pkg-names could be passed.

OPTIONS
     The following options are supported by pkg updating:

     pkg-name ...
	   UPDATING entries for the named packages are displayed.

     -i, --case-insensitive
	   Matching against pkg-name case insensitive.

     -d date, --date date
	   Only entries newer than date are shown.  Use a YYYYMMDD date format.

     -f file, --file file
	   Defines an alternative location of the UPDATING file.

ENVIRONMENT
     The following environment variables affect the execution of pkg updating:

     PORTSDIR
	 Location of the ports tree.

FILES
     /usr/ports/UPDATING  The default location of the UPDATING file.

EXAMPLES
     Shows all entries of all installed ports:
	   % pkg updating

     Shows all entries of all installed ports since 2012-01-01:
	   % pkg updating -d 20120101

     Shows all entries for all apache and mysql ports:
	   % pkg updating apache mysql

     Shows all apache entries since 2012-01-01:
	   % pkg updating -d 20120101 apache

     Defines  that the UPDATING file is in /tmp and shows all entries of all in-
     stalled ports:
	   % pkg updating -f /tmp/UPDATING

SEE ALSO
     pkg_create(3), pkg_printf(3),  pkg_repo_create(3),  pkg_repos(3),	pkg-key-
     words(5),	pkg-lua-script(5),  pkg-repository(5),	pkg-script(5), pkg-trig-
     gers(5), pkg.conf(5), pkg(8),  pkg-add(8),  pkg-alias(8),	pkg-annotate(8),
     pkg-audit(8), pkg-autoremove(8), pkg-check(8), pkg-clean(8), pkg-config(8),
     pkg-create(8),  pkg-delete(8), pkg-fetch(8), pkg-help(8), pkg-info(8), pkg-
     install(8), pkg-key(8), pkg-lock(8), pkg-plugins(8), pkg-query(8), pkg-reg-
     ister(8), pkg-repo(8), pkg-repositories(8),  pkg-rquery(8),  pkg-search(8),
     pkg-set(8), pkg-shell(8), pkg-shlib(8), pkg-ssh(8), pkg-stats(8), pkg-trig-
     gers(8),  pkg-unregister(8), pkg-update(8), pkg-upgrade(8), pkg-version(8),
     pkg-which(8)

FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly	  July 29, 2022 		 PKG-UPDATING(8)

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