[bug #17410] [wishlist] updatedb flexibility/doc

[Karl Berry]

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                 Summary: [wishlist] updatedb flexibility/doc
                 Project: findutils
            Submitted by: karl
            Submitted on: Friday 08/11/2006 at 17:04
                Category: updatedb
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
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             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: 4.2.28
           Fixed Release: None

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Details:

regarding updatedb (see 11aug06 bug-findutils mail), it would be nice:
- to have a way to arbitrarily include/exclude, specifically:
- index only files (-type f), by allowing more terms before the  -print[0];
- exclude, e.g., symlinks (-o type l) by allowing more terms inside the ( ...
) -prune expression.

It would also be nice for the --help output to be more informative; most of
the text in Invoking updatedb text seems appropriate.  And having examples in
the manual or --help or both would be a final nice thing :).







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