From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 5 17:16:37 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA17818 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 17:16:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from corp.au.triax.com (slwag1p15.ozemail.com.au [203.108.157.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA17812 for ; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 17:16:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jim@corp.au.triax.com) Received: from localhost (jim@localhost) by corp.au.triax.com (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id MAA01845; Wed, 6 Jan 1999 12:15:54 +1100 (EST) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 12:15:53 +1100 (EST) From: Jim Mock To: Chase Masters cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: locate command In-Reply-To: <199901060106.RAA26125@law-f54.hotmail.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Chase Masters wrote: > This is my first time away from linux and working with a true UNIX > OS. After installing and starting to get things setup I came across > an error I have never saw before. Could you help? The error > follows after I try to locate something, like "locate pico" for > example. I get this error. > "locate: database too small: /var/db/locate.database" > Much appreciate any help. Thanks. > Try updating it manually. To do so, at the prompt run the following as root.. [root@corp:~]# /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb Hope this helps, -- : Jim Mock | [jim@corp.au.triax.com] : : System Administrator | http://www.triax.com/ : : Triax Internet Services | ----------------------------- : : Portland, OR USA | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve : : Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia | http://www.freebsd.org/ : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message