Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 07:49:54 +0200 From: Hanno Liem <freebsd@dark4ce.com> To: cyu0635@home.com Cc: question@freebsd.org Subject: Re: locate command Message-ID: <20010923074954.A12557@dark4ce.com> In-Reply-To: <3BAD646F.F582EFD6@home.com>; from cyu0635@home.com on Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 12:26:23AM -0400 References: <3BAD646F.F582EFD6@home.com>
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On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 12:26:23AM -0400, cyu0635@home.com wrote: > Hi all > > I try the command 'locate' but it is broken > how do I recover it? (assuming you are new to this, as you don't post any hints as to what is actually wrong) Do you have a locate database? 'locate' uses a database of all the files on your system, which needs to be created first. The database usually lives in /var/db/locate.database. There is a script to update the database. It is: /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb (btw, why is it here and not in /sbin or something? I always found it illogical) ... so run this to create the database if you don't have one. If something else is wrong, post more details... Han To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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