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Date:      Wed, 18 Aug 1999 09:55:05 -0700
From:      Chameleon <swen@wavefire.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: locate database too small
Message-ID:  <3.0.32.19990818095505.00962c10@mail.wavefire.com>

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In your /usr/libexec directory, run the locate.updatedb file.

this will troll through your directory tree and update the locate database


Swen Kabis


At 09:38 AM 8/18/99 -0700, you wrote:

>Hi; 

>

>When I try:

>  $ locate <<file_name>

>I  get the  Error:

>  locate: database too small: /var/db/locate.database

>

>How to fix this problem so I can locate files and do 'whereis << file_name>

>also.

>This is a new 3.2-RELEASE machine.

>

>

>Dan

>

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