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NAME

locate.updatedb – update locate database

CONTENTS

SYNOPSIS


/usr/libexec/locate.updatedb

DESCRIPTION

The locate.updatedb utility updates the database used by locate(1). It is typically run once a week by the /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate script.

The contents of the newly built database can be controlled by the /etc/locate.rc file.

ENVIRONMENT

LOCATE_CONFIG path to the configuration file

FILES

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

SEE ALSO

locate(1), periodic(8)

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

LOCATE.UPDATEDB (8) February 11, 1996
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