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updatedb.conf(5)


NAME

   /etc/updatedb.conf - a configuration file for updatedb(8)

DESCRIPTION

   /etc/updatedb.conf  is  a  text  file.   Blank  lines are ignored.  A #
   character outside of a quoted string starts a comment  extending  until
   end of line.

   Other lines must be of the following form:
          VARIABLE = "VALUE"

   White  space  between  tokens  is ignored.  VARIABLE is an alphanumeric
   string which does not start  with  a  digit.   VALUE  can  contain  any
   character  except for ".  No escape mechanism is supported within VALUE
   and there is no way to write VALUE spanning more than one line.

   Unknown VARIABLE values are considered an error.  The defined variables
   are:

   PRUNEFS
          A  whitespace-separated  list  of  file system types (as used in
          /etc/mtab) which should not be scanned by updatedb(8).  The file
          system  type  matching is case-insensitive.  By default, no file
          system types are skipped.

          When scanning a file system is skipped, all file systems mounted
          in  the  subtree  are  skipped  too, even if their type does not
          match any entry in PRUNEFS.

   PRUNENAMES
          A whitespace-separated list of directory names  (without  paths)
          which  should  not  be  scanned  by updatedb(8).  By default, no
          directory names are skipped.

          Note that only directories can  be  specified,  and  no  pattern
          mechanism (e.g.  globbing) is used.

   PRUNEPATHS
          A  whitespace-separated  list of path names of directories which
          should not be scanned by updatedb(8).  Each path  name  must  be
          exactly  in the form in which the directory would be reported by
          locate(1).

          By default, no paths are skipped.

   PRUNE_BIND_MOUNTS
          One of the strings 0, no, 1 or yes.  If PRUNE_BIND_MOUNTS  is  1
          or  yes,  bind  mounts are not scanned by updatedb(8).  All file
          systems mounted in the subtree of a bind mount  are  skipped  as
          well,  even  if they are not bind mounts.  As an exception, bind
          mounts of a directory on itself are not skipped.

          By default, bind mounts are not skipped.

NOTES

   When a directory is  matched  by  PRUNEFS,  PRUNENAMES  or  PRUNEPATHS,
   updatedb(8)  does  not scan the contents of the directory.  The path of
   the directory itself is, however, entered in the created database.  For
   example,  if  /tmp  is in PRUNEPATHS, locate(1) will not show any files
   stored in /tmp, but it can show  the  /tmp  directory.   This  behavior
   differs from traditional locate implementations.

   In  some  updatedb(8) implementations PRUNEPATHS can be used to exclude
   non-directory files.  This is not the case in this implementation.

   /etc/updatedb.conf is a shell script  in  some  implementations,  which
   allows  much  more  flexibility  in defining the variables.  Equivalent
   functionality can be achieved by  using  the  command-line  options  to
   updatedb(8).

AUTHOR

   Miloslav Trmac <mitr@redhat.com>

SEE ALSO

   locate(1), updatedb(8)



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