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Command: locate.updatedb | Section: 8 | Source: OpenBSD | File: locate.updatedb.8
LOCATE.UPDATEDB(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual LOCATE.UPDATEDB(8)
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.
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 June 12, 2022 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8