October 5, 2005 LOCATE.UPDATEDB 8

### NAME

locate.updatedb - update locate database

### SYNOPSIS

/usr/libexec/locate.updatedb

### DESCRIPTION

The locate.updatedb program rebuilds the database used by the locate(1) program. It is usually run once per week, see weekly.conf(5).

The file systems and files (not) scanned can be configured in locate.conf(5).

### FILES

```/var/db/locate.database`
  Default database

### SEE ALSO

find(1), locate(1), fnmatch(3), locate.conf(5), weekly.conf(5)

### HISTORY

The locate.updatedb command appeared in 4.4BSD.