.\" man page for prt-cache
.\" Johannes Winkelmann, jw@tks6.net

.PU
.TH prt-cache 8
.SH "NAME"
.LP 
prt\-cache \- call prt\-get using a cache file as a data source
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B prt\-cache command [options] <arguments>
.br 
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
prt\-cache is a synonym for
.B prt\-get --cache.
It's perfectly the same as calling prt\-get --cache, just shorter. See
.B man prt-get(8)
for details on how to use prt-get

.PP
Even though there are almost restrictions on using prt-cache over prt-get,
it's mostly recommended for the following commands:
.B search, dsearch, list, info, depends, quickdep, diff, quickdiff 
and 
.B info.
It won't work for the
.B dup
command.

.PP
Using 
.B prt-cache isinst 
is not recommended (really not!)

.PP
Note that if the cache is not up to date (and there's a newer port in the
ports tree),
.B prt-cache install
and 
.B prt-cache update
will use the version from the ports tree anyway, so there's no real
risk.

.PP
If you're using prt-cache, make sure to regenerate the cache by calling
.B prt-get cache
each time you make changes to the ports tree!

.PP
To create a cache, just invoke
.B prt-get cache.
Make sure you have the right permissions to do this

.SH "AUTHORS"
Johannes Winkelmann <jw@tks6.net>
.SH "SEE ALSO"
prt-get(8), pkgmk(8) pkgadd(8), ports(8)