Re: updatedb/locate

From: Michele Andreoli (m.andreoli@tin.it)
Date: Mon Nov 13 2000 - 18:49:56 CET


On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 04:18:52PM +0100, Jochen Cichon nicely wrote:
> > usr/bin/locate:
> > grep "$1" /var/locatedb
> OK thats easy!
>
>
> > /usr/bin/updatedb:
> > rm /tmp/locatedb
> > for a in `ls / | grep -v proc | grep -v dev `;do \
> > find /$a >>/tmp/locatedb;done
> > mv /tmp/locatedb /var/locatedb
>
> With debian and a real find u can use:
> find / -xdev
> So update would become to
> find / -xdev > /var/locatedb

With the next muLinux, "find" and "grep" are always *real*, if
you take care to load WKS and SRV.

Maybe, I will add also the nice and powerfull "xargs" command.

Michele

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