Re: updatedb

From: V Krish (krish_uses_linux_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/09/05

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To: akonstam@trinity.edu, For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>

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

    Krish
    -------

    --- akonstam@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?
    >
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    > 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@trinity.edu
    >
    > --

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