mlocate.db filling up a large amount of the filesystem

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The mlocate.db file is very large and is taking up a significant amount of storage on my /var directory.
  • I deleted this file, but it repopulated and is again filling storage in my /var directory.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • rpm

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