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{{Short description|Software metadata database and file format}}

{{update|date=May 2014}}

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Here is a what a blank LSM template looks like, at time of writing:

<pre>

Begin4

Title:

Version:

Entered-date:

Description:

Keywords:

Author:

Maintained-by:

Primary-site:

Alternate-site:

Original-site:

Platforms:

Copying-policy:

End
</pre>

== Database ==

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The database can be [[download]]ed in its entirety, or one can perform limited [[Information retrieval|queries]] using a [[web interface]].

As of August 2022, the LSM index is still automatically updated by a e-mail robot. However, the maintainer of [[man-db]] eventually decided to stop maintaining its LSM data due to the perceived obsolescence of LSM.<ref name="Toscano">{{cite web |last1=Toscano |first1=Pino |title=Drop LSM file (!4) · Merge requests · man-db / man-db · GitLab |url=https://gitlab.com/man-db/man-db/-/merge_requests/4 |website=GitLab |date=13 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==

{{reflist}}

== External links ==