| LOCATE.CONF(5) | File Formats Manual | LOCATE.CONF(5) | 
locate.conf —
locate.conf file specifies the behavior of
  locate.updatedb(8),
  which creates the locate(1)
  database.
The locate.conf file contains a list of
    newline separated records, each of which is composed of a keyword and
    arguments, which are separated by white space. Arguments with embedded shell
    metacharacters must be quoted in
    sh(1) style. Lines beginning with
    “#” are treated as comments and ignored. However, a
    “#” in the middle of a line does not start a comment.
The configuration options are as follows:
Default: /var/db/locate.database
Default: Not specified.
Default: Not specified.
type is used as an argument to
        find(1)
        -fstype. The
        sysctl(8) command can be
        used to find out the types of file systems that are available on the
        system:
sysctl vfs.generic.fstypes
    
    Default: !local cd9660 fdesc kernfs procfs
Default: /
Default: /tmp
Refer to find(1) for
    the details of pattern (see
    -path expression) and type
    (see -fstype expression).
locate.conf resides in
      /etc.locate.conf file format first appeared in
  NetBSD 2.0.
| April 25, 2020 | NetBSD 10.1 |