how to create automatically the /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db

irhernan · 09-11-2006, 09:59 PM

Hi all,

When I want to locate some files, i am always prompted with the following:

"warning: locate: could not open database: /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db : no such file or directory

warning: you need to run the 'updatedb' command (as root) to create the database. "

Please advise on how to set the system so that the slocate.db is always created/updated.

TIA,

Mike

gilead · 09-11-2006, 10:04 PM

You can create the file /etc/cron.daily/slocate with the following permissions:

Code:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 50 2006-04-19 14:56 /etc/cron.daily/slocate

and with the following content:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/updatedb -c /etc/updatedb.conf

You may need to modify the location of updatedb for your system. I'm also assuming that you have /etc/updatedb.conf on your system and that it points to /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db...

irhernan · 09-12-2006, 01:47 AM

Hi Gilead,

Many thanks for the advice...

Cheers!

Mike

gilead · 09-12-2006, 02:29 PM

No problem - please post back if you have any problems

Also, you can use the find command - it's much slower but allows a more configurable search.