> As I said the first time, updatedb.conf isn't used in casual use of
> updatedb. Look at the cron job:
>
>   if [ -f /etc/updatedb.conf ]; then
>     . /etc/updatedb.conf
>   fi
>
> That '.' means that the contents of updatedb.conf are read and used to
> set environment variables. If you were doing this manually, I apologize,
> but the transcript of what you did didn't indicate this.

        Sorry, I have a bad habit of not reading things fully, when I'm already
typing.  Drives my girlfriend nuts too. =)

        Just seemed logical to me that updatedb would follow it's config
file updatedb.conf, is all.

Thanks for the help,
Mike

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