Variable: locate-fcodes-file

locate-fcodes-file is a customizable variable defined in locate.el.gz.

Value

nil

Documentation

File name for the database of file names used by locate.

If non-nil, locate uses this name in the header of the *Locate* buffer. If nil, it mentions no file name in that header.

Just setting this variable does not actually change the database that locate searches. The executive program that the Emacs function locate uses, as given by the variables locate-command or locate-make-command-line, determines the database.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/locate.el.gz
(defcustom locate-fcodes-file nil
  "File name for the database of file names used by `locate'.
If non-nil, `locate' uses this name in the header of the `*Locate*'
buffer.  If nil, it mentions no file name in that header.

Just setting this variable does not actually change the database
that `locate' searches.  The executive program that the Emacs
function `locate' uses, as given by the variables `locate-command'
or `locate-make-command-line', determines the database."
  :type '(choice (const :tag "None" nil) file)
  :group 'locate)