4.1. Command Line Syntax

 
poolm <gopt><topt> ( -help | -h )
poolm <gopt><topt> [ -p pool ]* ( -list   | -ls )           [ -expr <expr> ]
poolm <gopt><topt> [ -p pool ]* ( -prune  | -remove | -rm ) [ -expr <expr> ]
poolm <gopt><topt> [ -p pool ]* ( -status | -stat )         [ -expr <expr> ] 
poolm <gopt><topt> [ -p pool ]* ( -apply  | -app ) <cmd>    [ -expr <expr> ] 

<gopt>  ::= <go>*
<go>    ::= -v | -q | -n | -shell <path>

<topt>  ::= <to>*
<to>    ::= -tpc-hosttype <val> | -tpc-ostype <val> | -tpc-variant <val> 
         |  -tpc-compiler <val> | -tpc-option <val> | -default  
         |  -pkg-kind <val>     | -kind <val>

<expr>  ::= <expr1> | <expr1> or <expr1>
<expr1> ::= <expr2> | <expr2> and <expr2>
<expr2> ::= <expr3> | ( <expr3> ) | not <expr3>
<expr3> ::= name is <string>
         |  name matches <regex>
         |  label is <string>
         |  label matches <regex>
         |  version =  <string>
         |  version <  <string> 
         |  version <= <string>
         |  version >  <string> 
         |  version >= <string> 
         |  outdated  |  fixed  |  hidden
       

The general options have their usual meaning:

Matching of package labels is syntactically recognized, but currently not implemented.