How can I exclude certain files and/or directories from the mlocate/updatedb database?
Issue
- How to exclude certain files and/or directories from the
mlocate/updatedbdatabase? - I have directories that contain very large files, and I'd like to exclude them from being scanned by
updatedb. - How to ignore paths from
updatedbscan?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, 6, 7
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