redhat man page for updatedb

Query: updatedb

OS: redhat

Section: 1l

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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), UPDATEDB(1L)
Related Man Pages
updatedb(1) - opensolaris
updatedb(1) - minix
updatedb(1) - mojave
updatedb(1) - x11r4
updatedb(1) - posix
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