Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 17:04:56 -0500 From: mpd <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu> To: Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Locate command Message-ID: <20020204170456.A97655@rochester.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOEEJGCGAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>; from barbish@a1poweruser.com on Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 04:50:13PM -0500 References: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOEEJGCGAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
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On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 04:50:13PM -0500, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: > The man page says the locate command will display the > path to any public file after building the locate database. > Is there a way to expand the locate database build to > include all files, just not the public ones? > In /etc/locate.rc: SEARCHPATHS="/" PRUNEPATHS="" Note this will make private files in home directories seeable in locate output by any user. mike -- ___________________________________________________________ "MAY I GROW 3000 PLANTS??? - Little Girl from "3005 PLANTS" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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