LOCATE.UPDATEDB(8) OpenBSD System Manager's Manual LOCATE.UPDATEDB(8)NAMElocate.updatedb - update locate database
SYNOPSISlocate.updatedb [--fcodes=dbfile] [--filesystems='type ...']
[--prunepaths='dir ...'] [--searchpaths='dir ...']
[--tmpdir=dir]
DESCRIPTIONlocate.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:
--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).
--prunepaths
Sets the list of parent directories that should not go in the
database.
--searchpaths
Sets the list of directories to be put in the database.
--tmpdir
Sets the directory temporary files are stored in.
FILES
/etc/locate.rc configuration file
/var/db/locate.database default database
SEE ALSOfind(1), locate(1), weekly(8)
Woods, James A., "Finding Files Fast", ;login, 8:1, pp. 8-10, 1983.
OpenBSD 4.9 December 10, 2009 OpenBSD 4.9