From: Sean Russell <ser@...>
Date: 2002-06-03T10:09:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Finding all applications

Albert Wagner wrote:

> Based on this thread, I just installed slocate.  There is an option that
> tells it to parse the /etc/updatedb.conf.  I can't find any docs that
> describe what /etc/updatedb.conf might contain.  Any clues?

Well, mine contains:

ser@ender Work/blog% cat /etc/updatedb.conf
## Linux-Mandrake configuration.

#
# Originally written by Chmouel Boudjnah <chmouel@mandrakesoft.com>
#
# Modified 20010109 by Francis Galiegue <fg@mandrakesoft.com>
#
# Fixes by mlord@pobox.com, 20010328

# Where to start.
FROM="/"

# Which directories to exclude. /home and /root are excluded for privacy,
# but YMMV
PRUNEPATHS="/proc,/tmp,/var/tmp,/usr/tmp,/net,/afs,/mnt"

# Security level :
#       0 turns security checks off. This will make searchs faster.
#       1 turns security checks on. This is the default.
SECURITY="1"

# Be verbose or no.
VERBOSE="NO"

# Where the database is located.
DATABASE="/var/lib/slocate/slocate.db"


# Which filesystems do we exclude from search?
PRUNEFS="nfs,smbfs,ncpfs,proc,devpts,supermount,vfat,iso9660,udf,usbdevfs,devfs"



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