salt.modules.locate
Module for using the locate utilities
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Performs a file lookup. Valid options (and their defaults) are:
basename=False count=False existing=False follow=True ignore=False nofollow=False wholename=True regex=False database=<locate's default database> limit=<integer, not set by default>
See the manpage for
locate(1)
for further explanation of these options.CLI Example:
salt '*' locate.locate
salt.modules.locate.locate(pattern, database='', limit=0, **kwargs)
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Returns statistics about the locate database
CLI Example:
salt '*' locate.stats
salt.modules.locate.stats()
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Updates the locate database
CLI Example:
salt '*' locate.updatedb
salt.modules.locate.updatedb()
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Returns the version of locate
CLI Example:
salt '*' locate.version
salt.modules.locate.version()
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