locate, wasRe: [plug] Which RPM?

[Steve Grasso]

On Fri, 09 Jun 2000, Mike Holland wrote:
> So this was just a general "how do I find a file" question?
> 
> Many people seem to be unaware of the "locate" command, possibly because
> it isnt standard Unix (or windoze).
>  It works from an index updated nightly, and finds files ~instantly.

Not updated nightly unless /usr/bin/updatedb is in a cron entry (at least it's
not by default in my Debian slink or Mandrake 7 systems). A warning is
generated if the db is older than 8 days and may be updated by hand by running
updatedb as root. Unmount any file systems you DON'T want indexed first though
(perhaps a mounted CD, or Win partition).

Cheers,
Steve