On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 09:28:39 +1300 Steve Brorens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > (following some discussion of how fast and useful the 'locate' command > is for finding files, and how 'updatedb' might need to be run to find > more recent files...) > > Personally I find it easier to remember: > > locate // finds files from the index > locate - u // refreshes the index (same as > 'updatedb') > personally I prefer to set it once in cron and let it do the remembering. I have never met a distro that does not set it up on a daily basis anyway. Although it can be a pain on a system that is not on 24/7, because most distros now use anacron as well, which takes care of running cron scripts that got left behind when the system was off. Therefore when you switch on you get all these cron processes happenning, including updatedb, which uses find on the whole hard drive, and rather makes the system appear slow. as i said to someone on another thread, serves you right for rebooting LOL. > _ > Steve > > ========================================================= > > > This e-mail has been scanned for Viruses and Content and cleared by CommArc > Cube Server -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
