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

locate.updatedb
update locate database

/usr/libexec/locate.updatedb

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).

/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.
October 5, 2005 NetBSD 9.4