Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 18:32:30 -0500 From: mpd <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu> To: Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Locate command Message-ID: <20020204183230.A99766@rochester.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOAEJJCGAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>; from barbish@a1poweruser.com on Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 06:09:30PM -0500 References: <20020204170456.A97655@rochester.rr.com> <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOAEJJCGAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
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On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 06:09:30PM -0500, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: > I edited the /etc/locate.rc file and uncommented the two > statements you pointed out. > Rebuilt locate DB using sh /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate > It still did not pick up the non public files such as > /usr/local/frontpage/version5.0/apache-fp/_vti_bin/fpexe, > locate finds fpexe.c but not fpexe. > > If the locate does not load all files on the FBSD slice into > the locate database is there some other command which will > tell me where all copies of a file are located? locate will do it. There must be some other problem. mike > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of mpd > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 5:05 PM > To: Joe & Fhe Barbish > Cc: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Locate command > > 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 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- ___________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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