On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 11:16:47AM -0800, V Krish wrote: > I am using FC2 and have mounted an external drive > thus: > mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb > > How do I modify the /etc/updatedb.conf file if I want > to exclude the external drive from the daily slocate > search done by slocate.cron? Do I add /dev/sda1 to > PRUNEFS or /mnt/usb to PRUNEPATHS? > > Thanks, > Krish > ------------- I am confused . If you want to exclude a directory path from the running of updatedb the -e option seems to be what you want to use. Where does slocate come in to it? ======================================================================= Good salesmen and good repairmen will never go hungry. -- R.E. Schenk ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx