NAME<\/a> \/etc\/updatedb.conf \u2212 a configuration file for updatedb(8)<\/p>\n \/etc\/updatedb.conf<\/b> is a text file. Blank lines are ignored. A #<\/b> character outside of a quoted string starts a comment extending until end of line.<\/p>\n Other lines must be of the following form:<\/p>\n VARIABLE<\/i> = “<\/b>VALUE<\/i>“<\/b><\/p>\n White space between tokens is ignored. VARIABLE<\/i> is an alphanumeric string which does not start with a digit. VALUE<\/i> can contain any character except for “<\/b>. No escape mechanism is supported within VALUE<\/i> and there is no way to write VALUE<\/i> spanning more than one line.<\/p>\n Unknown VARIABLE<\/i> values are considered an error. The defined variables are: A whitespace-separated list of file system types (as used in \/etc\/mtab<\/b>) which should not be scanned by updatedb<\/b>(8). The file system type matching is case-insensitive. By default, no file system types are skipped.<\/p>\n 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<\/b>.<\/p>\n PRUNENAMES<\/b><\/p>\n A whitespace-separated list of directory names (without paths) which should not be scanned by updatedb<\/b>(8). By default, no directory names are skipped.<\/p>\n Note that only directories can be specified, and no pattern mechanism (e.g. globbing) is used.<\/p>\n PRUNEPATHS<\/b><\/p>\n A whitespace-separated list of path names of directories which should not be scanned by updatedb<\/b>(8). Each path name must be exactly in the form in which the directory would be reported by locate<\/b>(1).<\/p>\n By default, no paths are skipped.<\/p>\n PRUNE_BIND_MOUNTS<\/b><\/p>\n One of the strings 0<\/b>, no<\/b>, 1<\/b> or yes<\/b>. If PRUNE_BIND_MOUNTS<\/b> is 1<\/b> or yes<\/b>, bind mounts are not scanned by updatedb<\/b>(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.<\/p>\n By default, bind mounts are not skipped.<\/p>\n When a directory is matched by PRUNEFS<\/b>, PRUNENAMES<\/b> or PRUNEPATHS<\/b>, updatedb<\/b>(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<\/i> is in PRUNEPATHS<\/b>, locate<\/b>(1) will not show any files stored in \/tmp<\/i>, but it can show the \/tmp<\/i> directory. This behavior differs from traditional locate<\/b> implementations.<\/p>\n In some updatedb<\/b>(8) implementations PRUNEPATHS<\/b> can be used to exclude non-directory files. This is not the case in this implementation.<\/p>\n \/etc\/updatedb.conf<\/b> 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<\/b>(8).<\/p>\n
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