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

Locate, Find, Locate.mklocatedb, Weekly, Locate-Updatedb

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. ...

LOCATE(1) - General Commands Manual

Locate.updatedb, Find, Fnmatch, Weekly, Locate

LOCATE(1) - General Commands Manual # LOCATE(1) - General Commands Manual NAME # locate - find filenames quickly SYNOPSIS # locate [-bciS] [-d database] [-l limit] pattern … DESCRIPTION # The locate utility searches a database for all pathnames which match the specified pattern. By default, the database is recomputed weekly(8) and contains the pathnames of all files which are publicly accessible. Shell globbing and quoting characters (’\*’, ‘?’, ‘\’, ‘[’, and ‘]’) may be used in pattern, although they will have to be escaped from the shell. ...