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author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2023-08-22 11:00:25 +0200 |
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committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2023-08-22 11:17:53 +0200 |
commit | 2274d71f94e6973df1ebc312c88b876aaa19588a (patch) | |
tree | f4aff8c72fad084060f233cb4cc7d7537d5b25a9 /gnu/services/admin.scm | |
parent | 6fc754c2d670d49f5a843d4b36729af95cf02d18 (diff) |
services: file-database: Clarify 'excluded-directories' description.
* gnu/services/admin.scm (file-database-configuration)[excluded-directories]:
Mention that these are regexps.
(%default-file-database-excluded-directories): Likewise.
* doc/guix.texi (File Search Services): Adjust accordingly.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/services/admin.scm')
-rw-r--r-- | gnu/services/admin.scm | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
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) |