Unix in a Nutshell, 4th Edition

Name

slocate

Synopsis

    slocate [options] [search-string]

Security Enhanced version of GNU locate. This command searches a database listing every file on the system; it is intended as a faster replacement for find / -name pattern .... (See locate in the "Alphabetical Summary of Common Commands" section earlier in this chapter). This version stores file permissions and ownership, in order to prevent unauthorized access to files.

URL: http://www.geekreview.org/slocate/.

Options

-c

Read /etc/updatedb.conf when updating the database.

-dfile, --database=file

Use file as the database to search.

-edir1[,dir2...]

Exclude the given directories from the database.

-ffstype1[,fstype2...]

Exclude files on filesystems of the given types (e.g., NFS).

-h, --help

Print an option summary and exit.

-i

Ignore case when searching.

-l level

Security level. If level is 0, no security checks are done, providing faster searches. The default is 1, which turns on security checking.

-n count

Do not print more than count results.

-ofile, --output=file

Use file as the database to create.

-q

Do not print error messages (quiet mode).

-rregex, --regexp=regex

Use the Basic Regular Expression regex to search the database.

-u

Create the database starting at /.

-U dir

Create the database starting at dir.

-v, --verbose

Display filenames when creating the database.

-V, --version

Print version information and exit.