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 Message-ID: <20021001154623.X19345-100000@small.pukruppa.de> In-Reply-To: <E17wK6C-0007P5-00@smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net>
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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. > > Thanks > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > *-----------------------------------* * Peter Ulrich Kruppa * * - Wuppertal - * * Germany * *-----------------------------------* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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