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Invoking `updatedb'
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     updatedb [OPTION...]

`--localpaths='PATH...''
     Non-network directories to put in the database.  Default is `/'.

`--netpaths='PATH...''
     Network (NFS, AFS, RFS, etc.) directories to put in the database.
     The environment variable `NETPATHS' also sets this value.  Default
     is none.

`--prunepaths='PATH...''
     Directories to not put in the database, which would otherwise be.
     The environment variable `PRUNEPATHS' also sets this value.
     Default is `/tmp /usr/tmp /var/tmp /afs'.

`--prunefs='PATH...''
     File systems to not put in the database, which would otherwise be.
     Note that files are pruned when a file system is reached; Any file
     system mounted under an undesired file system will be ignored.
     The environment variable `PRUNEFS' also sets this value.  Default
     is `nfs NFS proc'.

`--output=DBFILE'
     The database file to build.  Default is system-dependent, but
     typically `/usr/local/var/locatedb'.

`--localuser=USER'
     The user to search the non-network directories as, using `su'.
     Default is to search the non-network directories as the current
     user.  You can also use the environment variable `LOCALUSER' to
     set this user.

`--netuser=USER'
     The user to search network directories as, using `su'(1).  Default
     is `daemon'.  You can also use the environment variable `NETUSER'
     to set this user.