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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/services/admin.scm | 10 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index feb1d0375e..e8c67b0cd8 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -25099,12 +25099,11 @@ String or G-exp denoting an mcron schedule for the periodic @command{updatedb} job (@pxref{Guile Syntax,,, mcron, GNU@tie{}mcron}). @item @code{excluded-directories} (default @code{%default-file-database-excluded-directories}) -List of directories to ignore when building the file database. By -default, this includes @file{/tmp} and @file{/gnu/store}, which should -instead be indexed by @command{guix locate} (@pxref{Invoking guix -locate}). This list is passed to the @option{--prunepaths} option of -@command{updatedb} (@pxref{Invoking updatedb,,, find, -GNU@tie{}Findutils}). +List of regular expressions of directories to ignore when building the +file database. By default, this includes @file{/tmp} and @file{/gnu/store}; +the latter should instead be indexed by @command{guix locate} (@pxref{Invoking +guix locate}). This list is passed to the @option{--prunepaths} option of +@command{updatedb} (@pxref{Invoking updatedb,,, find, GNU@tie{}Findutils}). @end table @end deftp diff --git a/gnu/services/admin.scm b/gnu/services/admin.scm index fa2407ed84..5cf74c6e4d 100644 --- a/gnu/services/admin.scm +++ b/gnu/services/admin.scm @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ Old log files are removed or compressed according to the configuration.") "10 23 * * 0") (define %default-file-database-excluded-directories - ;; Directories excluded from the 'locate' database. + ;; Regexps of directories excluded from the 'locate' database. (list (%store-prefix) "/tmp" "/var/tmp" "/var/cache" ".*/\\.cache" "/run/udev")) @@ -319,10 +319,10 @@ is taken.") @command{updatedb} job (@pxref{Guile Syntax,,, mcron, GNU@tie{}mcron}).") (excluded-directories (string-list %default-file-database-excluded-directories) - "List of directories to ignore when building the file database. By -default, this includes @file{/tmp} and @file{/gnu/store}, which should instead -be indexed by @command{guix locate} (@pxref{Invoking guix locate}). This list -is passed to the @option{--prunepaths} option of + "List of regular expressions of directories to ignore when building the +file database. By default, this includes @file{/tmp} and @file{/gnu/store}; +the latter should instead be indexed by @command{guix locate} (@pxref{Invoking +guix locate}). This list is passed to the @option{--prunepaths} option of @command{updatedb} (@pxref{Invoking updatedb,,, find, GNU@tie{}Findutils}).")) (define (file-database-mcron-jobs configuration) |