sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb
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if [ "$(id -u)" = "0" ]; then # but later aborts if not root!! rc=0 # line 97: /var/db/locate.database: Permission denied export FCODES=`mktemp -t updatedb` chown nobody $FCODES tmpdb=`su -fm nobody -c "$0"` || rc=1 if [ $rc = 0 ]; then install -m 0444 -o nobody -g wheel $FCODES /var/db/locate.database fi rm $FCODES exit $rc fi : ${LOCATE_CONFIG="/etc/locate.rc"} if [ -f "$LOCATE_CONFIG" -a -r "$LOCATE_CONFIG" ]; then . $LOCATE_CONFIG fi # The directory containing locate subprograms : ${LIBEXECDIR:=/usr/libexec}; export LIBEXECDIR : ${TMPDIR:=/tmp}; export TMPDIR if ! TMPDIR=`mktemp -d $TMPDIR/locateXXXXXXXXXX`; then exit 1 fi PATH=$LIBEXECDIR:/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH; export PATH # 6497475 set -o noglob : ${mklocatedb:=locate.mklocatedb} # make locate database program : ${FCODES:=/var/db/locate.database} # the database : ${SEARCHPATHS:="/"} # directories to be put in the database : ${PRUNEPATHS:="/private/tmp /private/var/folders /private/var/tmp */Backups.backupdb"} # unwanted directories : ${FILESYSTEMS:="hfs ufs"} # allowed filesystems : ${find:=find} case X"$SEARCHPATHS" in X) echo "$0: empty variable SEARCHPATHS"; exit 1;; esac case X"$FILESYSTEMS" in X) echo "$0: empty variable FILESYSTEMS"; exit 1;; esac # Make a list a paths to exclude in the locate run excludes="! (" or="" for fstype in $FILESYSTEMS do excludes="$excludes $or -fstype $fstype" or="-or" done excludes="$excludes ) -prune" case X"$PRUNEPATHS" in X) ;; *) for path in $PRUNEPATHS do excludes="$excludes -or -path $path -prune" done;; esac tmp=$TMPDIR/_updatedb$$ trap 'rm -f $tmp; rmdir $TMPDIR; exit' 0 1 2 3 5 10 15 # search locally # echo $find $SEARCHPATHS $excludes -or -print && exit if $find -s $SEARCHPATHS $excludes -or -print 2>/dev/null | $mklocatedb -presort > $tmp then case X"`$find $tmp -size -257c -print`" in X) cat $tmp > $FCODES;; *) echo "updatedb: locate database $tmp is empty" exit 1 esac fi