UPDATEDB

updatedb ? update the slocate database

updatedb [?u] [?u path] [?e path1,path2,...] [?f fstype1,...] [?l [01] ] [?q] [?v,??verbose] [?V, ??version] [?h, ??help] pattern...

This manual page documents slocate, a security-enhanced version of locate. updatedb is simply a link to slocate that implies the -u option.

?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.

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