locate

mikeshn · 05-13-2007, 08:06 PM

What database does 'locate' use?

wjevans_7d1@yahoo.co · 05-13-2007, 08:17 PM

This applies to Slackware, but I'll bet other distributions are similar.

The locate command actually runs a program called slocate. You use this program to locate files quickly. One way to configure it properly (as it is in Slackware) is to create a cron job which runs slocate in the wee hours of the morning with a special option to update the database.

For more information:

Code:

man 1 slocate
man 1 updatedb
man 1 crontab

Hope this helps.

vxc69 · 05-13-2007, 08:28 PM

Check /var/lib/slocate

If it's not there try looking for slocate.db.

Hope this helps,
vxc

kstan · 05-13-2007, 10:58 PM

err? I thought u should run updatedb in cron?

vxc69 · 05-14-2007, 04:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kstan

err? I thought u should run updatedb in cron?

Updatedb creates an index of the locations of files with their filenames for quick searching. It is run by cron so that this index is created regularly. There is no reason why you can't run updatedb anytime you want (it just takes a long time on most systems with lots of files).

vxc