On Thu, 25 Nov 2021 09:53:21 +0100 "sp...@caiway.net" <sp...@caiway.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Nov 2021 22:59:06 -0500 > Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org> wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 04:23:23AM +0100, sp...@caiway.net wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > My /var/tmp directory gets flooded by big files named: > > > > > > sort01ei1t > > > sort01Eq7u > > > sort01sLAs > > > ... > > > sortzZZtvv > > > The files are generated by a cronjob for updatedb. There is no file /etc/updatedb.conf so I created one, containing one line: PRUNEPATH="/mnt/nas" When I run updatedb manually updatedb does also index /mnt/nas So /etc/updatedb.conf doesn't work for locate So I edited /etc/cron.daily/locate The line PRUNEPATHS="/tmp /usr/tmp /var/tmp /afs /amd /alex /var/spool /sfs /media /var/lib/schroot/mount" I changed to PRUNEPATHS="/mnt/nas /tmp /usr/tmp /var/tmp /afs /amd /alex /var/spool /sfs /media /var/lib/schroot/mount" This should work I guess, as long as I do not run updatedb manually. Then I installed mlocate, this has a /etc/updatdb.conf with a line in it: PRUNEFS=".. fuse.sshfs .." mlocate works out of the box plocate also locate has a severe bug with mounted sshfs I switched to plocate Thanks all