Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 07:15:49 -0400 From: "Lee Gold" <goldtech@worldpost.com> To: "Adam Weinberger" <adam@vectors.cx> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: unix locate cmd Message-ID: <000601c2693b$eb586160$ede03ad0@ljgms2k> References: <E17wK6C-0007P5-00@smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net> <20021001102412.GJ77771@vectors.cx>
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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,.... > > ..snip.. > > when you run the program, you're leaving out the 'n' in locate.updatedb, > right? that's an email typo. ...snip... > 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? the db is about 420kb sorry, it works perfectly $locate temp or $locate X11 give big lists. I think I'm getting stuck on the dot beginning the string .xinitrc - I must not be handling that leading "." correctly w/locate. The output of $locate .xinitrc is nothing just a new prompt. What would be the reason? Thanks for this help, Lee To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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