regarding "locate" command...
 

Hi All...
Good Morning ...

When i am trying to locate a file xxxxx from a terminal i got a message like "database /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db' is more than 8 days old" .... i am not able to recognise a problem...

any help would be appreciate....
infact this is the process done so far

[root@redhat zam1]# locate Teradata.pdf
warning: locate: warning: database /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db' is more than 8 days old
[root@redhat zam1]#

i run "find " command successfullly.... but it takes a long time for searching.... any help would be appreciated...

thnx in Advance...
zameer ahmed syed.

The way 'locate' works is to use a searchable database of the files on your computer - that's how it works so fast. But you have to keep the database up-to-date. To do that, run 'updatedb' as root. To make this happen automatically, you can put a script in /etc/cron.daily that looks like:

Make sure it's executable (chmod +x /etc/cron.daily/updatedb) and it should be run automatically once a day to keep you up to date.

Thanx Wapcaplet...

U done a gr8 help for me.....now its working fine .... I am having negligible knowledge in script...if u don't mind could you plz tell me how to make it autoupdate (using script) step by step..

iam assumeing like this
i have to make a txt file and write the script which u gave....
then i have to save in which file ????...

ThnQ.....
zameer

You can call it anything you like, as long as you save it in the /etc/cron.daily direcctory; saving it as /etc/cron.daily/updatedb would be appropriate.

THANX WAPCAPLET....

you know, cron was one of the things I struggled with a couple of years ago. Gave up. This looks way easier.

THANKS WAPCAPLET!

titanium_geek