LOCATE.UPDATEDB(8)

NAME
locate.updatedb - update locate database

SYNOPSIS
/usr/libexec/locate.updatedb [---tmpdir=dir] [---fcodes=dbfile] [---searchpaths='dir1 -dir2...'] [---prunepaths='dir1 -dir2...'] [---filesystems='type1 -type2...']

DESCRIPTION
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.

OPTIONS
The available 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 be go in the database.

---filesystems
    A list of filesystem types to be traversed by find(1).

FILES
/var/db/locate.database
    the default database
/etc/locate.rc
    the configuration file

SEE ALSO
locate(1) Woods, James A., 1983, Finding Files Fast, ;login, 8:1, pp. 8-10.