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.SH NAME
.LP
alpm-repo-name - names for \fBA\fRrch \fBL\fRinux \fBP\fRackage \fBM\fRanagement (ALPM) based package repositories.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
The \fBalpm-repo-name\fR format specifies names for ALPM based package repositories.
This format is used in configuration files for package management software (e.g. \fBpacman.conf\fR for \fBpacman\fR) and in \fBalpm-repo-database\fR file names.
.PP
A repository name serves as identifier for package management software and allows it to download and address \fBalpm-repo-database\fR files.
.SS
Format
.LP
The \fBalpm-repo-name\fR value may be a UTF-8 string, that must not contain the characters \f(CR/\fR, \f(CR?\fR, \f(CR!\fR and must not start with the \f(CR-\fR character.
.SH EXAMPLES
.LP
.EX
repo-name
.EE
.SH SEE ALSO
.LP
\fBpacman.conf\fR(5), \fBalpm-package-name\fR(7), \fBalpm-repo\fR(7), \fBalpm-repo-db\fR(7), \fBpacman\fR(8), \fBrepo-add\fR(8)