---
name: "ls-R"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "tetex-base"
version: "0.4pl6-5"
release: "Debian 1.3 (Bo)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ls-R"
---

# ls-R(5)

database for common TeX input files

## NAME

ls-R - database for common TeX input files

## DESCRIPTION

**ls-R** is the database for the *teTeX* binaries to speed up file finding. The file is located in the *$TEXMF* directory (normally *$TETEXDIR/texmf*) and maintained by [*texhash*(1)](/texhash/1.md), [*append\_db*(1)](/append_db/1.md) or (implicit) by *MakeTeXPK*, *MakeTeXTFM* and *MakeTeXMF*.

**ls-R** contains nothing more than an identification line and the output of an **ls -LR** command from within *$TEXMF*.

## SEE ALSO

[*texhash*(1)](/texhash/1.md), [*append\_db*(1)](/append_db/1.md)