LOCATE.UPDATEDB(8) BSD System Manager's Manual LOCATE.UPDATEDB(8)
locate.updatedb - update locate database
locate.updatedb [--tmpdir=dir] [--fcodes=dbfile] [--
searchpaths='dir1 -dir2...'] [--
prunepaths='dir1 -dir2...'] [--
filesystems='type1 -type2...']
locate.updatedb updates the database used by locate(1). It is typically
run once a week by the /etc/weekly script.
The contents of the newly built database can be controlled by the
/etc/locate.rc file as well as the command line arguments.
The options are as follows:
--tmpdir
Sets the directory temporary files are stored in.
--fcodes
Use the named file as the find codes database. If the file name
'-' is given, the database will be sent to standard output.
--searchpaths
Sets the list of directories to be put in the database.
--prunepaths
Sets the list of parent directories that should not go in the da-
tabase.
--filesystems
A list of filesystem types to be traversed by find(1).
/etc/locate.rc configuration file
/var/db/locate.database default database
find(1), locate(1), weekly(8)
Woods, James A., "Finding Files Fast", ;login, 8:1, pp. 8-10, 1983.
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