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
