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Re: [LUG] lurking and learning
On 26-Jan-00 at 10:34:36 Jon Still wrote:
> John: using find to find HOWTOs??? Have you considered the locate
> command? Providing you leave your box on 24/7 (or call the appropriate
> program from rc.local) a program called updatedb should run every night
> via cron. This updates a database file with details of all files on
> system...you can then use the locate program to find a file in that
> database.
>
Nope, didn't know about that. Thanks. Just tried it and it worked fine,
perhaps I should go and buy a book...:-)
John.
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