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updatedb



PURPOSE

Update the file list used by the find command.

SYNTAX


/usr/lib/find/updatedb ---|


DESCRIPTION

The updatedb command is a script used to create or recreate the file
/usr/lib/find/find.codes.  This file, when created, contains a list of every
file in the system which is located in a publicly readable directory.

The file /usr/lib/find/find.codes provides users with a quick way to locate
files using find.  See the find command on page find-1 for more information
on using this file.

The updatedb command is usually run once each week by the root user by the
following entry in the file /usr/adm/weekly:

  if [ -L /usr/lib/find/find.codes ]; then
               echo ""
               echo "Rebuilding find database:"
               su -f restrict -c "/usr/lib/find/updatedb"
  fi

This runs the updatedb command as the user restrict so that only
publicly-readable files and directories can be searched.

If the Transparent Computing Facility is installed, this script is only run on
one site in the cluster, the site which stores the writable copy of
/usr/lib/find/find.codes.

RELATED INFORMATION

In this book:  "find,"  "cron."











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