Updating locate command cache?!

[James Michael Fultz]

* Robert Kiwanuka <robert.kiwanuka at gmail.com> [2009-10-26 16:46 +0000]:
> Is there any way to force locate to update its cache?!
> $locate --help
> doesn't give any options for updating. I have rebooted twice and still the
> problem persists!
> 
> Thanks,
> Robert
> PS: This is Ubuntu 9.04; 2.6.28-16-generic

updatedb

There is a cron job to do so once a day managed by
'/etc/cron.daily/mlocate'.