1.\" Copyright (c) 1996 2.\" Mike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org>. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 11.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 12.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 13.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 14.\" This product includes software developed by Mike Pritchard. 15.\" 4. Neither the name of the author nor the names of its contributors 16.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 17.\" without specific prior written permission. 18.\" 19.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 20.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 21.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 22.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 23.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 24.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 25.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 26.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 27.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 28.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 29.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 30.\" 31.\" $FreeBSD: head/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.updatedb.8 140420 2005-01-18 13:43:56Z ru $ 32.\" 33.Dd February 11, 1996 34.Dt LOCATE.UPDATEDB 8 35.Os 36.Sh NAME 37.Nm locate.updatedb 38.Nd update locate database 39.Sh SYNOPSIS 40.Nm /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb 41.Sh DESCRIPTION 42The 43.Nm 44utility updates the database used by 45.Xr locate 1 . 46It is typically run once a week by the 47.Pa /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate 48script. 49.Pp 50The contents of the newly built database can be controlled by the 51.Pa /etc/locate.rc 52file. 53.Sh ENVIRONMENT 54.Bl -tag -width /var/db/locate.database -compact 55.It Pa LOCATE_CONFIG 56path to the configuration file 57.El 58.Sh FILES 59.Bl -tag -width /var/db/locate.database -compact 60.It Pa /var/db/locate.database 61the default database 62.It Pa /etc/locate.rc 63the configuration file 64.El 65.Sh SEE ALSO 66.Xr locate 1 , 67.Xr periodic 8 68.Rs 69.%A Woods, James A. 70.%D 1983 71.%T "Finding Files Fast" 72.%J ";login" 73.%V 8:1 74.%P pp. 8-10 75.Re 76