>
>Subject: Re: unix locate cmd
> From: "Kevin Oberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
..snip
>
>Also, locate.updatedb runs as nobody so it will only index directories
>and files with other read access.
Oh. Maybe this is why even newbie questions are supposed to
Lee Gold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm trying to use the locate cmd to find all
> instances of .xinitrc in my system. I did,
>
> root# /usr/libexec/locate.unpdatedb
> root# setenv $LOCATE_PATH /var/db/locate.database
^-- Don't use "$" there.
But that's probably not your p
> > # locate .xinitrc or \.initrc or anything else gives no
> > out from the cmd. what am I doing wrong?
> The file is called xinitrc not .xinitrc
>
> Uli.
>
Huh??
>
> *---*
> *Peter Ulrich Kruppa*
> * - Wuppertal - *
> *
> Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 13:00:09 -0700
> From: Adam Weinberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> k. first of all, do you actually HAVE any copies of an .xinitrc file?
> the system-wide one has no dot.
>
> if you DO have one, it's typically in ~/.xinitrc. is your /home
> partiti
t;."
> correctly w/locate. The output of $locate .xinitrc is nothing
> just a new prompt. What would be the reason?
>
> Thanks for this help,
> Lee
>
>
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> The file is called xinitrc not .xinitrc
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc if user has no .xinitrc file
which would reside in ~ (so it's ~/.xinitrc).
See startx(1) - and my system were it works with ~/.xinitrc :)
Cheers,
Frank
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On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Lee Gold wrote:
> I'm trying to use the locate cmd to find all
> instances of .xinitrc in my system. I did,
>
> root# /usr/libexec/locate.unpdatedb
> root# setenv $LOCATE_PATH /var/db/locate.database
>
> I've tried root# locate "filename"
> with different input but the com
- Original Message -
From: "Lee Gold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Adam Weinberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: unix locate cmd
>
>
> > >> (10.01.2002 @ 0418 PST)
> >> (10.01.2002 @ 0418 PST): Lee Gold said, in 0.5K: <<
> > I'm trying to use the locate cmd to find all
> > instances of .xinitrc in my system. I did,
> >
..snip..
>
> when you run the program, you're leaving out the 'n' in locate.updatedb,
> right?
that's an email typo.
...snip...
On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 06:18:25AM -0500, Lee Gold wrote:
> I'm trying to use the locate cmd to find all
> instances of .xinitrc in my system. I did,
>
> root# /usr/libexec/locate.unpdatedb
> root# setenv $LOCATE_PATH /var/db/locate.database
>
> I've tried root# locate "filename"
> with diff
>> (10.01.2002 @ 0418 PST): Lee Gold said, in 0.5K: <<
> I'm trying to use the locate cmd to find all
> instances of .xinitrc in my system. I did,
>
> root# /usr/libexec/locate.unpdatedb
when you run the program, you're leaving out the 'n' in locate.updatedb,
right?
> root# setenv $LOCATE_PA
I'm trying to use the locate cmd to find all
instances of .xinitrc in my system. I did,
root# /usr/libexec/locate.unpdatedb
root# setenv $LOCATE_PATH /var/db/locate.database
I've tried root# locate "filename"
with different input but the command gives no
feedback or output - it just goes to
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