set tmp "tmp"
exec rm -rf $tmp
exec mkdir $tmp
exec mkdir $tmp/subdir
exec touch $tmp/subdir/________________________________________________________________________________fred1
exec touch $tmp/subdir/________________________________________________________________________________fred2
exec touch $tmp/subdir/________________________________________________________________________________fred3
exec touch $tmp/subdir/________________________________________________________________________________fred4

locate_start p "--changecwd=. --output=$tmp/locatedb --old-format  --localpaths=tmp/subdir 2>/dev/null" "--database=$tmp/locatedb tmp" {}


exec rm -rf $tmp