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Invoking updatedb

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. Default is none.
--prunepaths='path...'
Directories to not put in the database, which would otherwise be. Default is `/tmp /usr/tmp /var/tmp /afs'.
--output=dbfile
The database file to build. Default is system-dependent, but typically `/usr/local/var/locatedb'.
--netuser=user
The user to search network directories as, using su(1). Default is daemon.


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