locate not finding files

[Corey Bettenhausen]

Christopher Lemire wrote:
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> Why does locate not find files in my other partition that other
> applications can find. I haven't tried Beagle yet.
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> chris at ubuntu:~/sauerbraten experiement$ sudo updatedb
> [sudo] password for chris:
> chris at ubuntu:~/sauerbraten experiement$ locate -i prorat
> chris at ubuntu:~/sauerbraten experiement$ find /media/sdb2/ -iname '*prorat*'
> /media/sdb2/ProRat_v1.9
> /media/sdb2/ProRat_v1.9/ProRat.exe
> chris at ubuntu:~/sauerbraten experiement$
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Whenever you run locate (actually slocate), it parses /etc/updatedb.conf 
( see 'man locate').  Take a look at this file, specifically the 
"PRUNEPATHS" variable.  Mine lists /media and thus, I assume, means it 
will not be indexed.
-Corey