On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 03:35:10PM +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > > It sounds to me like your locate package has been upgraded to mlocate. > As per the package status of mlocate, mlocate differs from plain locate > in that when you run "locate foo" you only see files to which you have > access. Also instead of re-reading the whole filesystem, timestamps are > taken into account and only changed files are recorded in the database. > As a result updatedb is, as you have found, a lot faster.
Interesting. I wonder how it manages to find the changed files without reading the entire directory tree? It shouldn't have to read the files themselves in any case, should it? -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
