slocate(1)
NAME
slocate - Security Enhanced version of the GNU Locate
SYNOPSIS
slocate [-qi] [-d <path>] [--database=<path>] <search string> slocate [-i] [-r <regexp>] [--regexp=<regexp>] slocate [-qv] [-o <file>] [--output=<file>] slocate [-e <dir1,dir2,...>] [-f <fstype1,...>] <[-l <level>] [-c] <[-U <path>] [-u]> slocate [-Vh] [--version] [--help]
DESCRIPTION
- Secure Locate provides a secure way to index and
- quickly search for files on your system. It uses incremen
tal encoding just like GNU locate to compress its database
to make searching faster, but it will also store file per
missions and ownership so that users will not see files
they do not have access to.
This manual page documents the GNU version of slocate.- slocate Enables system users to search entire filesystems without displaying unauthorized files.
- OPTIONS
- -u Create slocate database starting at path /.
- -U <dir>
Create slocate database starting at path <dir>.
- -e <dir1,dir2,...>
Exclude directories from the slocate database.
- -f <fstype1,...>
Exclude files on specific file systems from the
slocate database. - -c Parse '/etc/updatedb.conf' when updating the slo
cate database.
- -l <level>
Security level. 0 turns security checks off. This
will make searchs faster. 1 turns security checks
on. This is the default. - -i Does a case insensitive search.
- -q Quiet mode. Error messages are suppressed.
- -n <num>
Limit the amount of results shown to <num>.
- -r <regexp>
--regexp=<regexp> Search the database using a basic POSIX regular expression.
- -o <file>
--output=<file> Specfies the database to create.
- -d <path>
--database=<path> Specfies the path of databases to search in.
- -h --help Display this help.
- -v --verbose Verbose mode. Display files when creating
database.
- -V --version Display version.
VERSION
Secure Locate v2.7
AUTHOR
Kevin Lindsay - Copyright (c) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
BUG REPORT
Report any bugs to klindsay@mkintraweb.com
FTP
ftp://ftp.geekreview.org/slocate/
WEB
- http://www.geekreview.org/slocate/