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updatedb - update the slocate database
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.
CONFIGURATION FILE
Secure Locate's updatedb will automatically parse GNU Locate's /etc/updatedb.conf. But please be aware that Secure Locate currently does
NOT support all options provided by GNU Locate's configuration file.
Options currently supported by Secure Locate are PRUNEFS and PRUNEPATHS
SEE ALSO slocate(1)UPDATEDB(1)
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UPDATEDB(1L)UPDATEDB(1L)NAME
updatedb - update the slocate database
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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Hi All
I am doing a locate <file_name> on my Redhat 7 System. I am unable to get the output. All the keep getting is:
locate: this is not a vlaid slocate database: /var/lib/locate/slocate.db
What des this mean? Is my system compromised?
Thanks in advance.
KS (13 Replies)
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