question about whereis command
 

hi

i use whereis command to find some file. but it seems not work.
for example: i have a file named abc.v and it's in ~/main/ directory. i'm now in ~/ , and i input the command and get the result as below:


$whereis abc.v
abc:

what happened? nothing can i know from the message. am i right in using this command.

ps:
1/the abc.v is created on the linux server for months. so it should be updated to the database, if it has a such database.
2/i also use the command "locate". and the result is:

$locate abc.v
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 have a look at /etc/updatedb.conf to enable the daily cron job.

i'm not root user. so i can't use locate or whereis commands forever on this server?

thanks for the person can help me:)

Hi, welcome to LQ!

whereis is there to locate system packages, not user files.

If locate isn't working talk to the root user. Alternatively use find.



Cheers,
Tink

thanks Tink! thank you for your quick response:)