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.Dd February 11, 1996 32.Dt LOCATE.UPDATEDB 8 33.Os 34.Sh NAME 35.Nm locate.updatedb 36.Nd update locate database 37.Sh SYNOPSIS 38.Nm /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb 39.Sh DESCRIPTION 40The 41.Nm 42utility updates the database used by 43.Xr locate 1 . 44It is typically run once a week by the 45.Pa /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate 46script. 47.Pp 48The contents of the newly built database can be controlled by the 49.Pa /etc/locate.rc 50file. 51.Sh ENVIRONMENT 52.Bl -tag -width /var/db/locate.database -compact 53.It Pa LOCATE_CONFIG 54path to the configuration file 55.El 56.Sh FILES 57.Bl -tag -width /var/db/locate.database -compact 58.It Pa /var/db/locate.database 59the default database 60.It Pa /etc/locate.rc 61the configuration file 62.El 63.Sh SEE ALSO 64.Xr locate 1 , 65.Xr periodic 8 66.Rs 67.%A Woods, James A. 68.%D 1983 69.%T "Finding Files Fast" 70.%J ";login" 71.%V 8:1 72.%P pp. 8-10 73.Re 74