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authorguido <guido@FreeBSD.org>1996-09-05 20:18:15 +0000
committerguido <guido@FreeBSD.org>1996-09-05 20:18:15 +0000
commitbdff9a8fc25f189e0e2102c399bc4c080e633273 (patch)
treef570745992f53280cc780e7230ca1f45d1fbd5ce /usr.bin/locate
parentbaf31ee7037cf9d0f5488847ff8c1fad79fb1dd6 (diff)
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Document the existance of a configuration file for updatedb.
Fix a typo in the default rc file and add a comment about default values.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/locate')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.rc9
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.updatedb.88
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.rc b/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.rc
index 4b52669..6c0a973 100644
--- a/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.rc
+++ b/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.rc
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
#
# /etc/locate.rc - command script for updatedb(8)
#
-# $Id: locate.rc,v 1.1 1996/04/26 15:25:23 wosch Exp wosch $
+# $Id: locate.rc,v 1.1 1996/08/14 00:22:30 wosch Exp $
+#
+# All commented values are the defaults
+#
# temp directory
#TMPDIR="/tmp"
@@ -16,8 +19,8 @@
#PRUNEPATHS="/tmp /usr/tmp /var/tmp"
# filesystems allowed. Beware: a non-listed filesystem will be pruned
-# and is the SEARCHPATHS starts in such a filesystem locate will build
-# an empty database
+# and if the SEARCHPATHS starts in such a filesystem locate will build
+# an empty database.
#
# be carefully if you add 'nfs'
#FILESYSTEMS="ufs"
diff --git a/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.updatedb.8 b/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.updatedb.8
index eeaa9c0..a35c607 100644
--- a/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.updatedb.8
+++ b/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.updatedb.8
@@ -42,9 +42,15 @@ updates the database used by
.Xr locate 1 .
It is typically run once a week by the
.Nm /etc/weekly script.
+.Pp
+The contents of the newly built database can be controlled by the
+.Nm /etc/locate.rc file.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /var/db/locate.database -compact
-.It Pa /var/db/locate.database the actual database
+.It Pa /var/db/locate.database
+the actual database
+.It Pa /etc/locate.rc
+the configuration file
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr locate 1
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