Re: unix locate cmd

2002-10-01 Thread Lee Gold
> >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

Re: unix locate cmd

2002-10-01 Thread Gary W. Swearingen
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

Re: unix locate cmd

2002-10-01 Thread Joshua Lokken
> > # 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 - * > *

Re: unix locate cmd

2002-10-01 Thread Kevin Oberman
> 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

Re: unix locate cmd

2002-10-01 Thread Adam Weinberger
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 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of

Re: unix locate cmd

2002-10-01 Thread Frank Heitmann
> 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe f

Re: unix locate cmd

2002-10-01 Thread Peter Ulrich Kruppa
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

Re: unix locate cmd

2002-10-01 Thread Rob B
- 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)

Re: unix locate cmd

2002-10-01 Thread Lee Gold
> >> (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...

Re: unix locate cmd

2002-10-01 Thread Matthew Seaman
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

Re: unix locate cmd

2002-10-01 Thread Adam Weinberger
>> (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

unix locate cmd

2002-10-01 Thread Lee Gold
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