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How can I use locate only for a directory

This finds a large number of files that are under various subdirectories of "Dropnot" $ locate Dropnot Can I find just the directory location with locate? (which directory "Dropnot" is in) So if ...
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How to exclude directories with blanks via locate's PRUNEPATHS?

I would like to exclude some Windows folders on an NTFS mount from being indexed by locate. I'm familiar with the PRUNEPATHS syntax in /etc/updatedb.conf. It is a white-space separated list of ...