Re: The file names data base

Am Thu, 3 Oct 2013 16:25:08 -0400 (EDT) schrieb Michael Barr:

> There used to be a simple program to run to update that data base, but I 
> have forgotten the magic command.  So I went through start, programs, 
> miktex 2.8, maintenance, settings and clicked on refresh FNDB.  No luck; 
> it still cannot find the file I just added (which was, for the record, 
> xybarr to the directory \miktex 2.8\tex\generic\xypic).  Any advice?

The command to update the FNDB is 
    initexmf -u 
or 
    initexmf --admin -u 
depending on if you want to update the FNDB of the admin roots or
the user roots.

I advise you not to put local files in the main miktex root. Use a
local root for them.

-- 
Ulrike Fischer 


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