updatedb -c What is the -c option?

arubin · 03-08-2009, 04:51 PM

I note that the /etc/cron.daily/slocate script reads

Code:

/usr/bin/updatedb -c /etc/updatedb.conf

yet man updatedb does not show a -c option.

What does -c do?

bathory · 03-08-2009, 05:03 PM

Read here about the usage of the configuration file updatedb.conf.

Cheers

Didier Spaier · 03-08-2009, 05:25 PM

updatedb is simply a link to slocate that implies the -u option.

So the answer is in 'man slocate':

Code:

-c 
 Parse '/etc/updatedb.conf' when updating the slocate database. (see CONFIGURATION FILE  below).

arubin · 03-08-2009, 05:34 PM

Thanks