Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 13:19:58 -0700 From: Jeremy Johnston <jeremy@smart-serv.net> To: FreeBSD mailinglist <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org, e0025265@student.tuwien.ac.at Subject: Re: simple locate question Message-ID: <42CEDFEE.1030107@smart-serv.net> In-Reply-To: <44fyupdq8e.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <ijbk3g.yyrjwi@webmail.tuwien.ac.at> <44fyupdq8e.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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Lowell Gilbert wrote: >"Florian Hengstberger" <e0025265@student.tuwien.ac.at> writes: > > > >>How to creata a second locate database for private use? >>(mp3 database or so). >>I have tried >>$ locate -U dir_with_mp3s -o database.dtb >> >>Searching in this database doent work >>$ locate -d database.dtb somesong.mp3 >>gives no result. >>The database exists and it looks ok, seems to be a simple >>ascii format. >>What am I doing wrong? >>I guess its simple, isn't it! >> >> > >I don't know; the standard locate program doesn't take a -U option, >and will give an error message accordingly if called the way you claim >you did. Have you installed some other version of locate? > >To use the standard locate, you use the locate.updatedb(8) script, as >the locate(1) manual will tell you. >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > FCODES="database.dtb"; SEARCHPATHS="dir_with_mp3s"; export FCODES; export SEARCHPATHS; /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb then of course using locate -d database.dtb somefile -- Jeremy Johnston (President / Developer) SmartServ Hosting Email: jeremy@smart-serv.net Phone: 1-250-402-6634 Ext. 201 Cell: 1-250-402-9583 | 2504029583@msg.telus.com (150 Characters max) Fax: 1-250-402-6634 Toll Free: 1-866-702-2904
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