Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 20:24:09 -0800 From: chip <chip@wiegand.org> To: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Q about locate Message-ID: <200111272024118.SM03544@there> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10111272002510.30936-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10111272002510.30936-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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On Tuesday 27 November 2001 08:08 pm, Annelise Anderson wrote: > On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, chip wrote: > > When I tried: > > locate termcap > > I received this response: > > locate: database too small: /var/db/locate.database > > Is there something I need to do to fix this problem? The man page doe= sn't > > cover this. > > -- > > Chip > The locate database is build once a week in the middle of the night > from a cron instruction in /etc/crontab. If your computer won't be > on then or you want it built sooner (or rebuilt to reflect new stuff), > run as root /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb, or in the /etc directory > type > periodic weekly > > That runs what cron would run--the weekly maintenance routines. > > Also, typing apropos locate would have listed the locate.updatedb > manual page...reading the locate manual page would show you the > following (just in case you don't want to have to ask): > > /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb Script to update the locate database > > =09Annelise Thanks, geez apropos returns a ton of stuff! Cool, I'll add that one to m= y=20 notebook. -- Thanks, Chip To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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