updatedb

[V Krish]

updatedb is simply a link to slocate with -u option.
slocate.cron reads updatedb.conf and then invokes
updatedb

Krish
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--- akonstam at trinity.edu wrote:
> I am confused . If you want to exclude a directory
> path from the
> running of updatedb the -e option seems to be what
> you want to use.
> Where does slocate come in to it?
>
=======================================================================
> Good salesmen and good repairmen will never go
> hungry.
> 		-- R.E. Schenk
> -------------------------------------------
> Aaron Konstam
> Computer Science
> Trinity University
> One Trinity Place.
> San Antonio, TX 78212-7200


> On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 11:16:47AM -0800, V Krish
> wrote:
> > I am using FC2 and have mounted an external drive
> > thus:
> > mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb
> > 
> > How do I modify the /etc/updatedb.conf file if I
> want
> > to  exclude the external drive from the daily
> slocate
> > search done by slocate.cron? Do I add /dev/sda1 to
> > PRUNEFS or /mnt/usb to PRUNEPATHS?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Krish
> > -------------
> I am confused . If you want to exclude a directory
> path from the
> running of updatedb the -e option seems to be what
> you want to use.
> Where does slocate come in to it?
>
=======================================================================
> Good salesmen and good repairmen will never go
> hungry.
> 		-- R.E. Schenk
> -------------------------------------------
> Aaron Konstam
> Computer Science
> Trinity University
> One Trinity Place.
> San Antonio, TX 78212-7200
> 
> telephone: (210)-999-7484
> email:akonstam at trinity.edu
> 
> -- 

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