Hi James and all,
I'd like to limit updatedb to indexing files, or at least not index
symlinks. However, the way the script is written, I don't see a way to
make it happen. Using --findoptions='-type f' puts that at the
beginning of the eventual find command (findutils 4.2.28, GNU/Linux, not
that it matters), so updatedb executes
find / -type f '(' -fstype nfs ... ')' -prune -o -print0
which of course makes the prune ineffective, as far as I can see.
So I wonder about adding yet another option/envvar to allow prepending
args before the -print[0]? --printoptions? --afterprune?
Another way (not mutually exclusive) would be to add a general
--pruneoptions, and stick in its value just before the closing ')'.
Then updatedb --pruneoptions='-type -l -o -type d' would get the job
done well enough. I've wanted to specify general pruning in other
circumstances too.
BTW, the Invoking updatedb node could use some examples :). It also seems
like a lot of that node could be usefully included in the --help output.
Thanks,
Karl
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