Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 09:26:42 -0400 From: Jon Adams <jonaadam@nova.edu> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Slocate? Message-ID: <1087824402.40d6e2127054d@mail2.acast.nova.edu> In-Reply-To: <20040621105305.GA56286@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <40D6B77A.9030102@nsu.nova.edu> <20040621105305.GA56286@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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Thanks for handling my (really dumb) question... -- Jon Quoting Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>: > On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 06:24:58AM -0400, Jon Adams wrote: > > Okay, I am a relative FreeBSD newbie, my main question is.... > > > > Is there a tool similar to Linux secure locate (slocate) that can be > > used on FreeBSD. I dont want to do a complicated find with > > 50 million options to find a file. I downloaded the slocate-2.7 source > > and I get a weird makefile error I have never seen before. > > locate(1) comes with the system. By default the locate database gets > updated weekly by the /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate script -- this > script builds the database using the 'nobody' UID, so generally files > that are not world readable will not be included. If I remember > correctly, that's about the same as what slocate does to build it's > database of files (and what earns it that 's' title...) > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks > Savill Way > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow > Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK >
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