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diff --git a/locate.freebsd/locate/locate.updatedb.8 b/locate.freebsd/locate/locate.updatedb.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2e2248f --- /dev/null +++ b/locate.freebsd/locate/locate.updatedb.8 @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1996 +.\" Mike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org>. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by Mike Pritchard. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the author nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd February 11, 1996 +.Dt LOCATE.UPDATEDB 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm locate.updatedb +.Nd update locate database +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility updates the database used by +.Xr locate 1 . +It is typically run once a week by the +.Pa /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate +script. +.Pp +The contents of the newly built database can be controlled by the +.Pa /etc/locate.rc +file. +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +.Bl -tag -width /var/db/locate.database -compact +.It Pa LOCATE_CONFIG +path to the configuration file +.El +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /var/db/locate.database -compact +.It Pa /var/db/locate.database +the default database +.It Pa /etc/locate.rc +the configuration file +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr locate 1 , +.Xr periodic 8 +.Rs +.%A Woods, James A. +.%D 1983 +.%T "Finding Files Fast" +.%J ";login" +.%V 8:1 +.%P pp. 8-10 +.Re |