How can I exclude certain files and/or directories from the mlocate/updatedb database?

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Issue

  • I have directories that contain very large files, and I'd like to exclude them from being scanned by updatedb.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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