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Date:      Tue, 1 Oct 2002 13:00:09 -0700
From:      Adam Weinberger <adam@vectors.cx>
To:        Lee Gold <goldtech@worldpost.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: unix locate cmd
Message-ID:  <20021001200009.GK77771@vectors.cx>
In-Reply-To: <000601c2693b$eb586160$ede03ad0@ljgms2k>
References:  <E17wK6C-0007P5-00@smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net> <20021001102412.GJ77771@vectors.cx> <000601c2693b$eb586160$ede03ad0@ljgms2k>

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k. first of all, do you actually HAVE any copies of an .xinitrc file?
the system-wide one has no dot.

if you DO have one, it's typically in ~/.xinitrc. is your /home
partition not a ufs partition? locacte.updatedb will only index ufs
partitions by default.

-Adam


>> (10.01.2002 @ 0415 PST): Lee Gold said, in 0.9K: <<
> 
> 
> > >> (10.01.2002 @ 0418 PST): Lee Gold said, in 0.5K: <<
> > > I'm trying to use the  locate  cmd to find all
> > > instances of .xinitrc in my system. I did,....
> > > 
> ..snip..
> > 
> > when you run the program, you're leaving out the 'n' in locate.updatedb,
> > right?
> 
> that's an email typo.
> 
> ...snip...
> 
> > so you can't locate anything at all? so, for example, "locate termcap"
> > gives no output? what's the filesize of your /var/db/locate.database?
> 
> the db is about 420kb
> sorry, it works perfectly $locate temp or $locate X11
> give big lists. I think I'm getting stuck on the dot beginning
> the string  .xinitrc - I must not be handling that leading "."
> correctly w/locate. The output of $locate .xinitrc  is nothing
> just a new prompt. What would be the reason?
> 
> Thanks for this help,
> Lee
> 
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>> end of "Re: unix locate cmd" from Lee Gold <<


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