Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 17:02:04 -0400 From: John <papalia@UDel.Edu> To: outlawtx@bga.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "locate" command Message-ID: <4.1.19990925170130.00958e20@unix01.voicenet.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19990925160714.01350640@bga.com>
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You need to run /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb to build your database. If you've never run it before, that could be the reason why. --John >I can't seem to get "locate" to work. > >I type: > >locate mc > >and get back: > >locate: database too small: /var/db/locate.database > >What's going on here? > >Thanks for your help. > >Don James To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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