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NAME

updatedb - update the slocate database

CONTENTS

Synopsis
Description
Options
Environment

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 slocate, a security-enhanced version of locate. 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.

ENVIRONMENT

SEE ALSO

  locate(1L),
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