LOCATE.UPDATEDB(8) System Manager's Manual LOCATE.UPDATEDB(8)

locate.updatedb
update locate database

/usr/libexec/locate.updatedb [-c file]

The locate.updatedb program rebuilds the database used by the locate(1) program. It is usually run once per week, see weekly.conf(5).

The file systems and files (not) scanned can be configured in locate.conf(5).

The locate.updatedb program supports this option:
file
Use file (in locate.conf(5) format) as the configuration file instead of the default /etc/locate.conf.

/var/db/locate.database
Default database

find(1), locate(1), fnmatch(3), locate.conf(5), weekly.conf(5)

Woods, James A., Finding Files Fast, ;login, 8:1, pp. 8-10, 1983.

The locate.updatedb command appeared in 4.4BSD.
February 6, 2020 NetBSD 10.1