On 2006-01-05 21:08:20 -0800, Kevin Lindsay wrote: > oops, juse to be more clear, anything in the environment var LOCATE_PATH > will always be searched regardless. ie, > > This will search both db1.db and db2.db, but not the default database: > LOCATE_PATH=db1.db > slocate -d db2.db foo > > This will search both db1.db and the default database: > LOCATE_PATH=db1.db > slocate foo > > This is what I gather from looking at the old code.
On a non-Debian machine: tate:~> slocate --version Secure Locate 2.7 - Released January 24, 2003 tate:~> echo $LOCATE_PATH /users/spaces/vlefevre/private/locate/home.db:/users/spaces/vlefevre/private/locate/logiciels.db tate:~> slocate bin/browser /users/spaces/vlefevre/bin/browser zsh: exit 1 slocate bin/browser On a Debian/unstable machine: dixsept:~> echo $LOCATE_PATH dixsept:~> echo $MY_LOCATE_PATH /users/spaces/vlefevre/private/locate/home.db:/users/spaces/vlefevre/private/locate/logiciels.db dixsept:~> slocate bin/browser /home/vlefevre/bin/browser /home/vlefevre/greux/bin/browser dixsept:~> LOCATE_PATH=$MY_LOCATE_PATH slocate bin/browser dixsept:~> slocate -d $MY_LOCATE_PATH slocate bin/browser dixsept:~> slocate --version Secure Locate 3.0 beta r1 - Released December 19, 2005 zsh: exit 1 slocate --version BTW, I don't think slocate --version and slocate --help should return with a non-zero exit status. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA
