Locate
services.locate.enable
If enabled, NixOS will periodically update the database of
files used by the {command}locate command.
Type: boolean
Default
false
Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/misc/locate.nix
services.locate.extraFlags
Extra flags to pass to {command}updatedb.
Type: list of string
Default
[ ]
Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/misc/locate.nix
services.locate.interval
Update the locate database at this interval. Updates by default at 2:15 AM every day.
The format is described in
{manpage}systemd.time(7).
To disable automatic updates, set to "never"
and run {command}updatedb manually.
Type: string
Default
"02:15"
Example
"hourly"
Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/misc/locate.nix
services.locate.localuser
The user to search non-network directories as, using
{command}su.
Type: null or string
Default
"nobody"
Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/misc/locate.nix
services.locate.output
The database file to build.
Type: path
Default
"/var/cache/locatedb"
Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/misc/locate.nix
services.locate.package
The locate package to use.
Type: package
Default
pkgs.findutils.locate
Example
mlocate
Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/misc/locate.nix
services.locate.pruneBindMounts
Whether not to index bind mounts
Type: boolean
Default
false
Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/misc/locate.nix
services.locate.pruneFS
Which filesystem types to exclude from indexing
Type: list of string
Default
["afs""anon_inodefs""auto""autofs""bdev""binfmt""binfmt_misc""ceph""cgroup""cgroup2""cifs""coda""configfs""cramfs""cpuset""curlftpfs""debugfs""devfs""devpts""devtmpfs""ecryptfs""eventpollfs""exofs""futexfs""ftpfs""fuse""fusectl""fusesmb""fuse.ceph""fuse.glusterfs""fuse.gvfsd-fuse""fuse.mfs""fuse.rclone""fuse.rozofs""fuse.sshfs""gfs""gfs2""hostfs""hugetlbfs""inotifyfs""iso9660""jffs2""lustre""lustre_lite""misc""mfs""mqueue""ncpfs""nfs""NFS""nfs4""nfsd""nnpfs""ocfs""ocfs2""pipefs""proc""ramfs""rpc_pipefs""securityfs""selinuxfs""sfs""shfs""smbfs""sockfs""spufs""sshfs""subfs""supermount""sysfs""tmpfs""tracefs""ubifs""udev""udf""usbfs""vboxsf""vperfctrfs"]
Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/misc/locate.nix
services.locate.pruneNames
Directory components which should exclude paths containing them from indexing
Type: list of string
Default
[ ".bzr" ".cache" ".git" ".hg" ".svn" ], if
supported by the locate implementation (i.e. mlocate or plocate).
Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/misc/locate.nix
services.locate.prunePaths
Which paths to exclude from indexing
Type: list of path
Default
["/tmp""/var/tmp""/var/cache""/var/lock""/var/run""/var/spool""/nix/store""/nix/var/log/nix"]
Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/misc/locate.nix