[xubuntu-users] Updatedb and locate does not work

[Lee Gold]

$ cat /etc/updatedb.conf
PRUNE_BIND_MOUNTS="yes"
# PRUNENAMES=".git .bzr .hg .svn"

# PRUNEPATHS="/tmp /var/spool /media /home/.ecryptfs"
PRUNEPATHS="/tmp /var/spool /media"

# PRUNEFS="NFS nfs nfs4 rpc_pipefs afs binfmt_misc proc smbfs autofs
iso9660 ncpfs coda devpts ftpfs devfs mfs shfs sysfs cifs lustre_lite
tmpfs usbfs udf fuse.glusterfs fuse.sshfs curlftpfs ecryptfs fusesmb
devtmpfs"
PRUNEFS="NFS nfs nfs4 rpc_pipefs afs binfmt_misc proc smbfs autofs
iso9660 ncpfs coda devpts ftpfs devfs mfs shfs sysfs cifs lustre_lite
tmpfs usbfs udf fuse.glusterfs fuse.sshfs curlftpfs fusesmb devtmpfs"

I edited out "/home/.ecryptfs" and "ecryptfs". 

updatedb and locate seem to work OK now.

Thank you!
  

On Tue, Feb 7, 2012, at 01:06 PM, Janne Jokitalo wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 06, 2012 at 08:42:55PM -0700, Lee Gold wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > my /etc/updatedb.conf:
> > 
> > PRUNE_BIND_MOUNTS="yes"
> > # PRUNENAMES=".git .bzr .hg .svn"
> > PRUNEPATHS="/tmp /var/spool /media /home/.ecryptfs"
> <snip>
> > Ric's advice is relevant and now that I look at it I see "PRUNEPATHS"
> > which must mean "remove from the search" and I think I was searching for
> > many names in my /home dir as a quick test which did not work, and now I
> > see /home/... is "pruned". That must be my problem. 
> > 
> > I'm sorry, I should have read Rick's post carefully. Thank you Ric and
> > Jaska for the help.
> 
> Well, if you look into it more closely, you will see that only the hidden
> .ecryptfs/ directory is pruned from the searches. So yes, it seems you
> have an
> actual problem, in solving which we would need help from the outputs that
> I
> mentioned in my first post.
> 
> 
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> Jaska
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