Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 03:24:13 -0700 From: Adam Weinberger <adam@vectors.cx> To: Lee Gold <goldtech@worldpost.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: unix locate cmd Message-ID: <20021001102412.GJ77771@vectors.cx> In-Reply-To: <E17wK6C-0007P5-00@smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net> References: <E17wK6C-0007P5-00@smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net>
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>> (10.01.2002 @ 0418 PST): Lee Gold said, in 0.5K: <<
> I'm trying to use the locate cmd to find all
> instances of .xinitrc in my system. I did,
>
> root# /usr/libexec/locate.unpdatedb
when you run the program, you're leaving out the 'n' in locate.updatedb,
right?
> root# setenv $LOCATE_PATH /var/db/locate.database
>
> I've tried root# locate "filename"
> with different input but the command gives no
> feedback or output - it just goes to a new prompt.
> and of course,
> # locate .xinitrc or \.initrc or anything else gives no
> out from the cmd. what am I doing wrong?
so you can't locate anything at all? so, for example, "locate termcap"
gives no output? what's the filesize of your /var/db/locate.database?
-Adam
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Adam Weinberger
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