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UPDATEDB

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NAME

updatedb - update a file name database 

SYNOPSIS

updatedb [options] 

DESCRIPTION

This manual pagedocuments the GNU version ofupdatedb,which updates file name databases used by GNUlocate.The file name databases contain lists of files that were inparticular directory trees when the databases were last updated.The file name of the default database is determined when locateand updatedb are configured and installed. The frequency withwhich the databases are updated and the directories for which theycontain entries depend on how often updatedb is run, and withwhich arguments.In networked environments, it often makes sense to build a database atthe root of each filesystem, containing the entries for that filesystem.updatedbis then run for each filesystem on the fileserver where thatfilesystem is on a local disk, to prevent thrashing the network.Users can select which databases locate searches using anenvironment variable or command line option; see locate(1L).Databases can not be concatenated together.The file name database format changed starting with GNUfindandlocateversion 4.0 to allow machines with diffent byte orderings to sharethe databases. The new GNUlocatecan read both the old and new database formats.However, old versions oflocateandfindproduce incorrect results if given a new-format database. 

OPTIONS

--localpaths='path1 path2...'

Non-network directories to put in the database.Default is /.

--netpaths='path1 path2...'

Network (NFS, AFS, RFS, etc.) directories to put in the database.Default is none.

--prunepaths='path1 path2...'

Directories to not put in the database, which would otherwise be.Default is /tmp /usr/tmp /var/tmp /afs.

--output=dbfile

The database file to build.Default is system-dependent, but typically /usr/local/var/locatedb.

--netuser=user

The user to search network directories as, using su(1).Default is daemon.

--old-format

Create the database in the old format instead of the new one.

--version

Print the version number ofupdatedband exit.

--help

Print a summary of the options toupdatedband exit.

 

SEE ALSO

find(1L), locate(1L), locatedb(5L), xargs(1L)Finding Files (on-line in Info, or printed)

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