Re: environment variables that updatedb uses
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, ktb wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 07:50:20PM -0500, RAccess wrote:
> >
> > Hi. I would like to know how to use the env variables such as PRUNEFS and
> > PRUNEPATHS. They are supposed to be exported from /etc/updatedb.conf but
> > they never do. updatedb runs without them. All I have changed so far is
> > contents of these variables.
> >
> > I am running testing/woody. Thanks folks.
> >
> >
>
> I got curious and started messing around with this. I'm running potato.
> Didn't work for me either. If you want the variables available to you
> all the time you can put the following in your /root/.bashrc -
>
> if [ -f /etc/updatedb.conf ]
> then
> . /etc/updatedb.conf
> fi
>
> If you want to export these variables occasionally at the command line -
> # . /etc/updatedb.conf
>
> hth,
> kent
>
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I do not always log in as root. The /root/.bashrc is hardly ever used. The
cron job on the system takes care of the updatedb. So I am thinking that
there should be some way for the script for the cronjob to see and use
these variables. I am not sure how to go about this, because I never
played with cronjob scripts before. I am not even sure if this would be a
good idea.
I find it strange that debian by default doesn't have these options
enabled and in working order. This is not Redhat people! :)
RAccess
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