On 4/15/05, Julio Cesar Ody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You could run
> 
> $ slocate -U /home/domain
> 
> with this command you create a database of file locations, which later
> can be used through
> 
> $ slocate localconf.php
> 
> The database needs to be updated once in a while, in case you move
> files around often. Maybe you could put the first command above in a
> daily cron job.

I've noticed most distributions include updatedb and locate.

updatedb should be ran nightly (and is by default if its installed via
cron). And then to find a file you use locate (much the same as
slocate above).

$ locate thisfile.txt

Thanks
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