NAME

locate.updatedb — update locate database

SYNOPSIS

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.