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- updatedb - update a file name database
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- uuppddaatteeddbb [[_o_p_t_i_o_n_s]]
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- This manual page documents the GNU version of uuppddaatteeddbb,
- which updates file name databases used by GNU llooccaattee. The
- file name databases contain lists of files that were in
- particular directory trees when the databases were last
- updated. The file name of the default database is deter-
- mined when llooccaattee and uuppddaatteeddbb are configured and
- installed. The frequency with which the databases are
- updated and the directories for which they contain entries
- depend on how often uuppddaatteeddbb is run, and with which argu-
- ments.
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- In networked environments, it often makes sense to build a
- database at the root of each filesystem, containing the
- entries for that filesystem. uuppddaatteeddbb is then run for
- each filesystem on the fileserver where that filesystem is
- on a local disk, to prevent thrashing the network. Users
- can select which databases llooccaattee searches using an envi-
- ronment variable or command line option; see llooccaattee(1L).
- Databases can not be concatenated together.
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- The file name database format changed starting with GNU
- ffiinndd and llooccaattee version 4.0 to allow machines with diffent
- byte orderings to share the databases. The new GNU llooccaattee
- can read both the old and new database formats. However,
- old versions of llooccaattee and ffiinndd produce incorrect results
- if given a new-format database.
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- OOPPTTIIOONNSS
- ----llooccaallppaatthhss==''_p_a_t_h_1 _p_a_t_h_2_._._.''
- Non-network directories to put in the database.
- Default is /.
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- ----nneettppaatthhss==''_p_a_t_h_1 _p_a_t_h_2_._._.''
- Network (NFS, AFS, RFS, etc.) directories to put in
- the database. Default is none.
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- ----pprruunneeppaatthhss==''_p_a_t_h_1 _p_a_t_h_2_._._.''
- Directories to not put in the database, which would
- otherwise be. Default is /tmp /usr/tmp /var/tmp
- /afs.
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- ----oouuttppuutt==_d_b_f_i_l_e
- The database file to build. Default is system-
- dependent, but typically /usr/local/var/locatedb.
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- ----nneettuusseerr==_u_s_e_r
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- ssuu(1). Default is ddaaeemmoonn.
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- ----oolldd--ffoorrmmaatt
- Create the database in the old format instead of
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- ----vveerrssiioonn
- Print the version number of uuppddaatteeddbb and exit.
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- _-_-_h_e_l_p Print a summary of the options to uuppddaatteeddbb and
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