* Michael <[email protected]> [11-24-20 19:14]: > find it easier to: > > sudo updatedb > locate <file> > > well that might be because I never learned the find command but still > it works for me. > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 2:53 PM Anton Aylward <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 24/11/2020 12:09, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > > > * Sakke K <[email protected]> [11-24-20 12:01]: > > >> locate is a faster command than find. > > >> For example, locate _A250256.ORF.xmp > > > > > > yes, find actively scans your file structure while locate just look into > > > its database. but the database must be up-to-date or your locate will > > > fail. > > > > RTFM > > Just to clarify from TFM: > > ============================================================================== > > locate(1) General Commands Manual > > > > NAME > > locate - find files by name > > > > SYNOPSIS > > locate [OPTION]... PATTERN... > > > > DESCRIPTION > > locate reads one or more databases prepared by updatedb(8) and > > writes file names matching at least one of the PATTERNs to standard > > output, one per line. > > > > ... > > > > By default, locate does not check whether files found in database > > still exist (but it does require all parent directories to exist if > > the database was built with --require-visibility no). locate can > > never report files created after the most recent update of the > > relevant > > database. > > =========================================================================== > > > > So if you've uploaded (or relocated after uploading to a scratch directory) > > since the last update to the relevant databases, 'locate' is not going to be > > useful. 'find', by comparison deals with what is actually in the file > > system > > right now. > > > > The man page on 'updatedb' says it is refreshed daily by 'cron', but on some > > systems it is done by a systemd timer unit. > > > > Either way, it may not, on you system, be enabled by default. It isn't on > > mine. > > So I prefer to use 'find'. Which is more flexible about such matters time > > and > > size and the ability run subcommands such as 'exifgrep' on any potential > > match. > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > darktable user mailing list > > to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected] > > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
except that updating the locate db more than likely takes quite a bit longer than a more localized find command. but locate will be easier for you if that is what you understand and do not understand find. that said, find is very handy once you learn it as it has many applications. I automagically remove files in a particular directory based on their file-date: find -mtime +22 -type f -delete Just one example. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
