> 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