Leung Yau Wai wrote:
>
> On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Craig Kattner wrote:
>
> > That's your locate database being updated. Next time you need to find a
> > file instead of using find try "locate filename" and it'll check the
> > database instead of the whole filesystem. Much faster and less disk work.
>
> I'm never come across the locate utility!.. locate is just a
> program to locate the file when I'm give a file name?!
Locate will find EVERY occurance of a name. For instance,
locate man
would find
/usr/bin/man
/home/dummy/manager
/live/usr/podunk/many
/var/XFCE/3dicons/adamant.xpm
and any other file that contains the 'man' portion. So, using locate is
wisely performed with '| more' afterward or everything, including the
file you want to find, may scroll off of the screen along with hundreds
of other files.
> How about if I'm not update it every day? will it cause any
> trouble?!
It just won't add new or moved files to the list. You can update it at a
time convenient to you by typing
updatedb
whenever you like. I turn off a drive or 2 and then run it manually. I
already know what's on the RH5.0 cd and don't need that included in the
list.
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