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

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 /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.

     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).

     --prunepaths
	     Sets the list of parent directories that should not go in the
	     database.

     --searchpaths
	     Sets the list of directories to be put in the database.

     --tmpdir
	     Sets the directory temporary files are stored in.

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

SEE ALSO
     find(1), locate(1), weekly(8)

     Woods, James A., "Finding Files Fast", ;login, 8:1, pp. 8-10, 1983.

OpenBSD 4.9		       December 10, 2009		   OpenBSD 4.9

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