Module for using the locate utilities
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
Returns statistics about the locate database
CLI Example:
salt '*' locate.stats
Updates the locate database
CLI Example:
salt '*' locate.updatedb
Returns the version of locate
CLI Example:
salt '*' locate.version
Docs for previous releases are available on salt.rtfd.org.
Latest Salt release: 2014.7.1
22.16.98. salt.modules.localemod
22.16.100. salt.modules.logadm
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