7.3 Invoking updatedb

     updatedb [option...]

--findoptions='OPTION...'

Global options to pass on to find. The environment variable FINDOPTIONS also sets this value. Default is none.

--localpaths='path...'

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

--netpaths='path...'

Network (NFS, AFS, RFS, etc.) directories to put in the database. The environment variable NETPATHS also sets this value. Default is none.

--prunepaths='path...'

Directories to omit from the database, which would otherwise be included. The environment variable PRUNEPATHS also sets this value. Default is /tmp /usr/tmp /var/tmp /afs.

--prunefs='path...'

File systems to omit from the database, which would otherwise be included. Note that files are pruned when a file system is reached; Any file system mounted under an undesired file system will be ignored. The environment variable PRUNEFS also sets this value. Default is nfs NFS proc.

--output=dbfile

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

--localuser=user

The user to search the non-network directories as, using su. Default is to search the non-network directories as the current user. You can also use the environment variable LOCALUSER to set this user.

--netuser=user

The user to search network directories as, using su. Default is daemon. You can also use the environment variable NETUSER to set this user.

--old-format

Generate a locate database in the old format, for compatibility with versions of locate other than GNU locate. Using this option means that locate will not be able to properly handle non-ASCII characters in filenames (that is, filenames containing characters which have the eighth bit set, such as many of the characters from the ISO-8859-1 character set).

--help

Print a summary of the command-line argument format and exit.

--version

Print the version number of updatedb and exit.