NAME
locate.updatedb – update locate database
SYNOPSIS
locate.updatedb [--fcodes=dbfile] [--filesystems=' type ... '] [--prunepaths=' dir ... '] [--searchpaths=' dir ... '] [--tmpdir=dir]
DESCRIPTION
locate.updatedb updates the database used by locate(1). It is typically run once a week by the weekly(8) script.
The options are as follows:
- --fcodes
-
Output to an alternate database file instead of the default /var/db/locate.database. If ‘-’ is specified in place of the file name, send the database to the standard output.
- --filesystems
-
A list of filesystem types to be traversed by find(1). The default is ' ffs ufs ext2fs '.
- --prunepaths
-
Set the list of parent directories that should not go in the database. The default is ' /tmp /var/tmp '.
- --searchpaths
-
Set the list of directories to be put in the database. The default is ' / '.
- --tmpdir
-
Set the directory temporary files are stored in. The default is /tmp.
The default settings are modified by the optional configuration file /etc/locate.rc. It is a sh(1) script that can be used to set variables. The names of the variables match the names of the command line options, but in all caps.
FILES
- /etc/locate.rc
-
configuration file
- /var/db/locate.database
-
default database
SEE ALSO
find(1), locate(1), locate.mklocatedb(8), weekly(8) Woods, James A., “Finding Files Fast”, ;login, 8:1, pp. 8-10, 1983.