man update-dlocatedb (Administration système) - Generate database of installed files for dlocate

NAME

update-dlocatedb - Generate database of installed files for dlocate

SYNOPSIS

update-dlocatedb

DESCRIPTION

update-dlocatedb generates a GNU locate style database for dlocate from the files /var/lib/dpkg/info/*list This program is usually called from cron.daily.

FILES

/var/lib/dpkg/info
dpkg file list
/var/lib/dlocate/dlocatedb
generated database

SEE ALSO

dlocate(1)

AUTHOR

This version of update-dlocatedb was written by Fredrik Hallenberg, the manual page was written by Andreas Metzler <ametzler at downhill.at.eu.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).