LOCATE.UPDATEDB(8) - System Manager's Manual

LOCATE.UPDATEDB(8) - System Manager’s Manual #

LOCATE.UPDATEDB(8) - System Manager’s Manual

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)](/man/man1/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.

OpenBSD 7.5 - June 12, 2022