---
name: "medusa-file-index-stoplist"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "medusa"
version: "0.5.1-4"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/medusa-file-index-stoplist"
---

# medusa-file-index-stoplist(5)

list of paths excluded from medusa indices

## NAME

medusa-file-index-stoplist - list of paths excluded from medusa indices

## SYNOPSIS

/etc/medusa/file-index-stoplist

## DESCRIPTION

**/etc/medusa/file-index-stoplist** contains a list of paths that will be ignored by **medusa-indexd** when creating file system indices. They should be in URI form, one per line. Lines beginning with the number sign (#) are considered to be comments and are ignored.

## EXAMPLE

\# Exclude /proc and /dev\
 file:///proc\
 file:///dev

## SEE ALSO

**medusa-indexd**(8)