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authorDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2011-03-17 01:55:28 +0100
committerDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2011-03-17 01:55:28 +0100
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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pacman - package manager utility
Synopsis
--------
-'pacman' <operation> [options] [packages]
+'pacman' <operation> [options] [targets]
Description
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ Since version 3.0.0, pacman has been the frontend to linkman:libalpm[3], the
``Arch Linux Package Management'' library. This library allows alternative
front ends to be written (for instance, a GUI front end).
+Invoking pacman involves specifying an operation with any potential options and
+targets to operate on. A 'target' is usually a package name, filename, URL, or
+a search string. Targets can be provided as command line arguments.
+Additionally, if a single dash (-) is passed as an argument, targets will be
+read from stdin.
+
Operations
----------