/etc/locate.rc
configuration file
locate.updatedb8
Update locate database
Usage
locate.updatedb [--fcodes=dbfile]
[--filesystems='
type ...
']
[--prunepaths='
dir ...
']
[--searchpaths='
dir ...
']
[--tmpdir=dir]
Overview
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
-
-
/var/db/locate.database -
default database
Releases
61 releases since OpenBSD 2.1; the text changed 12 times.
--fcodes since OpenBSD 2.4;
--filesystems since OpenBSD 2.4;
--prunepaths since OpenBSD 2.4;
--searchpaths since OpenBSD 2.4;
--tmpdir since OpenBSD 2.4.