NAME
locate.conf —
locate database configuration
file
DESCRIPTION
Thelocate.conf file specifies the behavior of
locate.updatedb(8), which creates the
locate(1) database.
The locate.conf file contains a list of
newline separated records, each of which is composed of a keyword and
arguments, which are separated by white space. Arguments with embedded shell
metacharacters must be quoted in
sh(1)
style. Lines beginning with “#” are treated as comments and
ignored. However, a “#” in the middle of a line does not start
a comment.
The configuration options are as follows:
- ignore pattern ...
- Ignore files or directories. When building the database, do not descend
into files or directories which match one of the specified patterns. The
matched files or directories are not stored to the database.
Default: Not specified.
- ignorecontents pattern ...
- Ignore contents of directories. When building the database, do not descend
into files or directories which match one of the specified patterns. The
matched files or directories themselves are stored to the database.
Default: Not specified.
- ignorefs type ...
- Ignore file system by type, adding type to the
default list. When building the database, do not descend into file systems
which are of the specified type. The mount points
are not stored to the database. If a “!” is prepended to
type, the meaning is negated, that is, ignore file
systems which do not have the type. As a special case, if
“none” is specified for type, the
ignorefs list is cleared and all file systems are
traversed.
type is used as an argument to find(1)
-fstype. The sysctl(8) command can be used to find out the types of file systems that are available on the system:sysctl vfs.generic.fstypes
Default: !local cd9660 fdesc kernfs procfs
- searchpath directory ...
- Specify base directories to be put in the database.
Default: /
- workdir directory
- Specify the working directory of locate.updatedb, in which a temporary
file is placed. The temporary file is a list of all files, and you should
specify a directory that has enough space to hold it.
Default: /tmp
Refer to find(1) for the details of pattern (see
-path expression) and type
(see -fstype expression).
FILES
- /etc/locate.conf
- The file
locate.confresides in /etc.
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The locate.conf file format first appeared
in NetBSD 2.0.
AUTHORS
ITOH Yasufumi