Commit 985b8b2d authored by Max Kellermann's avatar Max Kellermann

doc/protocol: clarify "update"

The update job id is positive. When used in a command list, MPD prints one job id for each "update" command.
parent c97bccad
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<term>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>update</command>
<arg><replaceable>URI</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="opt"><replaceable>URI</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Updates the music database.
Updates the music database: find new files, remove
deleted files, update modified files.
</para>
<para>
<varname>URI</varname> is a particular directory or
song/file to update.
song/file to update. If you do not specify it,
everything is updated.
</para>
<para>
Prints "updating_db: JOBID" where
<varname>JOBID</varname> is the job id requested for
your update, and is displayed in status, while the
requested update is happening.
</para>
<para>
To update a number of paths/songs at once, use
command_list, it will be much more faster/efficient.
Also, if you use a command_list for updating, only one
<command>update</command> job id will be returned per
sequence of updates.
<varname>JOBID</varname> is a positive number
identifying the update job. You can read the current
job id in the <command>status</command> response.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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