MLUG: Re: [UUG/MLUG] updatedb/locate problem
Re: [UUG/MLUG] updatedb/locate problem
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On Wed, May 05, 1999 at 09:56:22AM -0500, Dill, Byron wrote:
> Gang,
>   I upgraded to RH 6.0 no problemo... EXCEPT my locate command seems to be
> quirky now.  I tried to issue the updatedb command (as root) and it doesn't
> seem to index the entire box.  I'm guessing it's a path problem, but when I
> tell it explicitly where to start indexing from (namely "/") it still only
> seems to start from "/home".  I've double checked "find" and it works.  Any
> suggestions?
> 
> Byron Dill

Try this on on for size:

updatedb --localpaths='/' --netpaths='none' --prunepaths='/tmp /usr/tmp /var/tmp'

-jeremy


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 Jeremy Hinegardner             EMAIL:PROTECTED
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 University of Missouri - Columbia
 Multimedia Communications and Visualization Laboratory
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