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Added some info describing the script that updates the database,

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and the fact that it is usually run by /etc/weekly.
Closes docs/127.
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@ -60,8 +60,11 @@ including slashes (``/'').
As a special case, a pattern containing no globbing characters (``foo'')
is matched as though it were ``*foo*''.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /var/db/locate.database -compact
.Bl -tag -width /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb -compact
.It Pa /var/db/locate.database
The actual database
.It Pa /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb
Script to update the locate database
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr find 1 ,
@ -74,6 +77,16 @@ is matched as though it were ``*foo*''.
.%V 8:1
.%P pp. 8-10
.Re
.Sh BUGS
.Nm Locate
may fail to list some files that are present, or may
to list files that have been removed from the system. This is because
locate only reports files that are present in the database, which is
typically only regenerated once a week by the
.Nm /etc/weekly
script. Use
.Xr find 1
to locate files that are of a more transitory nature.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm locate