On Dec 5, 2007 11:55 PM, Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 11:33:33PM +0000, James Youngman wrote: > > On Dec 5, 2007 1:45 PM, Victor-Philipp Busch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > slocate is on multiuser-systems the better locate tool. > > > > Really? Why? > > some people think that hiding files you can't access is a good thing.
Since GNU locate searches the disk as "nobody" it essentially does this too. Except for files accessible only to "nobody". > i think it's OK, but doesn't really matter since you can't access the > file anyway, even if locate does let you find out where it is. But if the file is called /home/foo/working/letter-to-hazel-about-positive-hiv-test.doc, then the fact that other people cannot access the content is mostly irrelevant. > slocate's fast update is worthwhile, though - it keeps track of the > directory last-mod times and skips the update for files that haven't > changed since the last run. I knew mlocate had that feature, but I didn't know slocate did too. James. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
