Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 10:12:32 -0500 From: Edwin Culp <eculp@webwizard.org.mx> To: Cyrus Rahman <cr@photox.jcmax.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: updatedb ? Message-ID: <35FA8F60.25F651F@webwizard.org.mx> References: <199809121409.KAA26936@photox.jcmax.com>
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Cyrus Rahman wrote: > > /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate dies with: > > > > Rebuilding locate database: > > updatedb: locate database /tmp/locateW22380/_updatedb22378 is empty > > Perhaps due to recent changes in /bin/sh, in locate.updatedb: I changed the #!/bin/sh to #!/usr/local/bin/ksh and it seems to work fine, although I still don't understand why the problem with sh. > > > > > : ${SEARCHPATHS:="/"} # directories to be put in the database > ... > $find $SEARCHPATHS [options, etc] > > The above code now sets $SEARCHPATHS to the two byte value '210 /' instead of > the single character '/'. This confuses find. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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