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Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 15:47:42 +0000 (GMT)
From: 520023893678-0001@t-online.de (Peter Ulrich Kruppa)
To: Lee Gold <goldtech@worldpost.com>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: unix locate cmd
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On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Lee Gold wrote:

> I'm trying to use the  locate  cmd to find all
> instances of .xinitrc in my system. I did,
>
> root#  /usr/libexec/locate.unpdatedb
> 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?
The file is called xinitrc not .xinitrc

Uli.

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