Secure Locate 3.1 - Released March 7, 2006 Copyright (c) 2005 Kevin Lindsay Search: locate [-qi] [-d <path>] [--database=<path1:path2:...>] <search string> locate [-r <regexp>] [--regexp=<regexp>] Update database: locate [-qv] [-o <file>] [--output=<file>] locate [-e <dir1,dir2,...>] [-f <fs_type1,...> ] [-l <level>] [-c <file>] <[-U <path>] [-u]> General: locate [-Vh] [--version] [--help] Options: -u - Create slocate database starting at path /. -U <dir> - Create slocate database starting at path <dir>. -c <file> - Parse original GNU Locate's configuration file when using the -u or -U options. If 'updatedb' is symbolically linked to the 'locate' binary, the original configuration file '/etc/updatedb.conf' will automatically be used. -e <dir1,dir2,...> - Exclude directories from the slocate database when using the -u or -U options. -f <fs_type1,...> - Exclude file system types from the slocate database when using the -u or -U options. (ie. NFS, etc). -l <level> - Security level. 0 turns security checks off. This will make searchs faster. 1 turns security checks on. This is the default. -q - Quiet mode. Error messages are suppressed. -n <num> - Limit the amount of results shown to <num>. -i - Does a case insensitive search. -r <regexp> --regexp=<regexp> - Search the database using a basic POSIX regular expression. -o <file> --output=<file> - Specifies the database to create. -d <path> --database=<path> - Specfies the path of databases to search in. -h --help - Display this help. -v --verbose - Verbose mode. Display files when creating database. -V --version - Display version. Author: Kevin Lindsay Bugs: slocate@trakker.ca HTTP: http://slocate.trakker.ca/