Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 11:17:45 -0500 From: mpd <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu> To: Philip Paeps <philip@paeps.cx> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Differences between FreeBSD and Mandrake Message-ID: <20020107111745.A1789@rochester.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <20020107170358.B561@beastie.paeps.cx>; from philip@paeps.cx on Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 05:03:59PM %2B0100 References: <016a01c1976f$1244b020$0401a8c0@Hewey> <20020107170358.B561@beastie.paeps.cx>
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On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 05:03:59PM +0100, Philip Paeps wrote: > On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 06:33:04AM -0500, Allen May wrote: > > > I use "locate" a lot.. I could find "locate" on my FreeBSD machine.. > > what's the equivelent? > > I'm not exactly familiar with the function of 'locate' but 'whereis' will tell > you where a thing is in your $PATH, and find(1) is still the old standby if > you've lost something. % which locate /usr/bin/locate % The database is updated once each week (according to locate.updatedb(8)) so you may wish to change that. locate compiles information into a database using find, and then queries that database when a locate request is issued. RTFM for more info. > > - Philip > mike -- ___________________________________________________________ "TRAGIC! HEY, WHY DON'T WE LOOK AT YOUR WORK AND I WILL GIVE YOU SOME TIPS!!" - Mr. Nutty from "THE MR NUTTY SCHOOL OF PLACEMAT DESIGN" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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