updatedb
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updatedb is a command-line utility that builds and maintains a searchable index of filesystem paths for use by the locate command.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| updatedb canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2792754 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: updatedb Context triple: [GNU Findutils, component, updatedb]
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A.
Dracut
Dracut is a town in northeastern Massachusetts, United States, known for its suburban character and proximity to the city of Lowell.
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B.
Apt
Apt is a historic market town in southeastern France’s Vaucluse department, known for its candied fruit production and Provençal charm.
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C.
FatKat
FatKat is an AI-driven hedge fund and investment firm co-founded by futurist and inventor Ray Kurzweil to apply machine learning to financial market prediction.
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D.
Nepomuk
Nepomuk is a small historic town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic, best known as the birthplace of Saint John of Nepomuk.
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E.
DISM
DISM (Deployment Image Servicing and Management) is a Microsoft command-line tool used to service, repair, and manage Windows images and features, both online and offline.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: updatedb Target entity description: updatedb is a command-line utility that builds and maintains a searchable index of filesystem paths for use by the locate command.
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A.
Dracut
Dracut is a town in northeastern Massachusetts, United States, known for its suburban character and proximity to the city of Lowell.
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B.
Apt
Apt is a historic market town in southeastern France’s Vaucluse department, known for its candied fruit production and Provençal charm.
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C.
FatKat
FatKat is an AI-driven hedge fund and investment firm co-founded by futurist and inventor Ray Kurzweil to apply machine learning to financial market prediction.
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D.
Nepomuk
Nepomuk is a small historic town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic, best known as the birthplace of Saint John of Nepomuk.
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E.
DISM
DISM (Deployment Image Servicing and Management) is a Microsoft command-line tool used to service, repair, and manage Windows images and features, both online and offline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Unix command
ⓘ
command-line utility ⓘ system administration tool ⓘ |
| availableOn |
BSD
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Unix-like operating systems ⓘ macOS (via ports or packages) ⓘ |
| canExclude |
network filesystems
ⓘ
specific directory paths ⓘ specific filesystems ⓘ |
| category | file search utility ⓘ |
| configurationFile | /etc/updatedb.conf ⓘ |
| distribution |
GNU findutils
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU Findutils
mlocate ⓘ plocate ⓘ |
| doesNotRead | file contents ⓘ |
| implementedIn | C ⓘ |
| improves | speed of locate queries ⓘ |
| indexType | non-real-time filename index ⓘ |
| indexUsedBy | locate command ⓘ |
| introducedFor | fast filename lookup ⓘ |
| invocationStyle | shell command ⓘ |
| license |
GNU General Public License (for GNU findutils implementation)
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU General Public License
|
| maintains | database of file paths ⓘ |
| nameExpandsTo | update database ⓘ |
| operatesOn | filesystem paths ⓘ |
| outputs | locate database ⓘ |
| partOf | locate utility suite ⓘ |
| purpose |
to build a searchable index of filesystem paths
ⓘ
to maintain a database of file names ⓘ |
| reads | filesystem metadata ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
find
ⓘ
locate ⓘ |
| requiresPrivilege | root ⓘ |
| runsAs | batch process ⓘ |
| supportsOption |
--localpaths
ⓘ
--netpaths ⓘ --output ⓘ --prunefs ⓘ --prunepaths ⓘ |
| typicalLocation |
/usr/bin/updatedb
ⓘ
/usr/sbin/updatedb ⓘ |
| typicalSchedule | periodic cron job ⓘ |
| usedBy | locate ⓘ |
| writesTo |
/var/lib/locate/locatedb
ⓘ
/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: updatedb Description of subject: updatedb is a command-line utility that builds and maintains a searchable index of filesystem paths for use by the locate command.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.