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services: file-database: Clarify 'excluded-directories' description. 

* gnu/services/admin.scm (file-database-configuration)[excluded-directories]:
Mention that these are regexps.
(%default-file-database-excluded-directories): Likewise.
* doc/guix.texi (File Search Services): Adjust accordingly.
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Ludovic Courtès 2023-08-22 11:00:25 +02:00
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@ -25099,12 +25099,11 @@ String or G-exp denoting an mcron schedule for the periodic
@command{updatedb} job (@pxref{Guile Syntax,,, mcron, GNU@tie{}mcron}).
@item @code{excluded-directories} (default @code{%default-file-database-excluded-directories})
List of directories to ignore when building the file database. By
default, this includes @file{/tmp} and @file{/gnu/store}, which should
instead be indexed by @command{guix locate} (@pxref{Invoking guix
locate}). This list is passed to the @option{--prunepaths} option of
@command{updatedb} (@pxref{Invoking updatedb,,, find,
GNU@tie{}Findutils}).
List of regular expressions of directories to ignore when building the
file database. By default, this includes @file{/tmp} and @file{/gnu/store};
the latter should instead be indexed by @command{guix locate} (@pxref{Invoking
guix locate}). This list is passed to the @option{--prunepaths} option of
@command{updatedb} (@pxref{Invoking updatedb,,, find, GNU@tie{}Findutils}).
@end table
@end deftp

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@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ Old log files are removed or compressed according to the configuration.")
"10 23 * * 0")
(define %default-file-database-excluded-directories
;; Directories excluded from the 'locate' database.
;; Regexps of directories excluded from the 'locate' database.
(list (%store-prefix)
"/tmp" "/var/tmp" "/var/cache" ".*/\\.cache"
"/run/udev"))
@ -319,10 +319,10 @@ is taken.")
@command{updatedb} job (@pxref{Guile Syntax,,, mcron, GNU@tie{}mcron}).")
(excluded-directories
(string-list %default-file-database-excluded-directories)
"List of directories to ignore when building the file database. By
default, this includes @file{/tmp} and @file{/gnu/store}, which should instead
be indexed by @command{guix locate} (@pxref{Invoking guix locate}). This list
is passed to the @option{--prunepaths} option of
"List of regular expressions of directories to ignore when building the
file database. By default, this includes @file{/tmp} and @file{/gnu/store};
the latter should instead be indexed by @command{guix locate} (@pxref{Invoking
guix locate}). This list is passed to the @option{--prunepaths} option of
@command{updatedb} (@pxref{Invoking updatedb,,, find, GNU@tie{}Findutils})."))
(define (file-database-mcron-jobs configuration)