---
name: "pdmenu-genmenu"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "pdmenu"
version: "1.1.4"
release: "Debian 1.3 (Bo)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pdmenu-genmenu"
---

# pdmenu-genmenu(8)

automatically generate pdmenurc file for debian

## NAME

pdmenu-genmenu - automatically generate pdmenurc file for debian

## SYNOPSIS

**pdmenu-genmenu conffile -f**

## DESCRIPTION

**pdmenu-genmenu** automatically creates a pdmenurc file with entries for debian programs.  It is a menu-method and is run automatically by  [**update-menus**(1)](/update-menus/1.md) and so you should not need to run it by hand. See the menu package's documentation for information about menu-methods.

## FILES

*/var/lib/pdmenu/pdmenurc\_auto*

- *~/.pdmenurc\_auto*

  Automatically generated pdmenurc files.

## DISTRIBUTION

Redistribution is subject to the GNU public license.

## BUGS

No bugs are known of at this time.

## AUTHOR

Joey Hess, \<joeyh@master.debian.org\>.

## SEE ALSO

**pdmenu**(5) , [**update-menus**(1)](/update-menus/1.md)