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7.3 Invoking updatedb

updatedb [option...]

--localpaths='path...'

Non-network directories to put in the database. Default is `/'.

--netpaths='path...'

Network (NFS, AFS, RFS, etc.) directories to put in the database. Default is none.

--prunepaths='path...'

Directories to not put in the database, which would otherwise be. Default is `/tmp /usr/tmp /var/tmp /afs'.

--output=dbfile

The database file to build. Default is system-dependent, but typically `/usr/local/var/locatedb'.

--netuser=user

The user to search network directories as, using su(1). Default is daemon.