NAME
updatedb - update the slocate database
SYNOPSIS
updatedb
[-u] [-U path] [-e path1,path2,...] [-f fstype1,...] [-l [01] ] [-q] [-v,--verbose]
[-V, --version] [-h, --help] pattern...
DESCRIPTION
This manual page
documents
R slocate ,
a security-enhanced version of locate.
R updatedb
is simply a link to slocate that implies the -u option.
OPTIONS
-u
Create slocate database starting at the root directory.
This is the default behavior when called as
updatedb.
-U path
Create slocate database starting at path path.
-e dirs
Exclude directories in the comma-separated list dirs
from the slocate database.
-f fstypes
Exclude file systems in the comma-separated list dirs
from the slocate database.
-l <num>
Security level.
-l 0
turns security checks off, which will make searches faster.
-l 1
turns security checks on. This is the default.
-q
Quiet mode; error messages are suppressed.
-v
Verbose mode; display files indexed when creating database
--help
Print a summary of the options to
slocate
and exit.
--version
Print the version number of
slocate
and exit.
CONFIGURATION FILE
Secure Locate's
updatedb
will automatically parse GNU Locate's
/etc/updatedb.conf.
But please be aware that Secure Locate currently
does NOT support all options provided by GNU Locate's configuration file.
Options currently supported by Secure Locate are
PRUNEFS
and
PRUNEPATHS
SEE ALSO
slocate(1)