** Reply to message from Richard Creighton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:26:54 -0400
> Carl Hartung wrote: > > On Tue October 16 2007 11:15:41 am Stan Goodman wrote: > > > >> I did <find -name "mplayer*"> from "/" as root, and turned up nothing > >> recognizable. > >> > > > > Try 'locate <string>' as normal user, e.g. in this case 'mplayer': > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> locate mplayer > > <... snipped lines 1 thru 35>: > > /usr/share/doc/packages/MPlayer/DOCS/man/cs/mplayer.1 > > /usr/share/doc/packages/MPlayer/DOCS/man/de/mplayer.1 > > /usr/share/doc/packages/MPlayer/DOCS/man/en/mplayer. > <snip< > > p.s.: you'll want to run 'updatedb' to index newly created/added files or > > they > > won't be 'located' until the next automatic indexing has taken place. > > > A caveat; This doesn't appear to be a part of a standard installation > so you may have to install it before it will work. Also, initially the > locate database will be empty so it will return nothing to your query so > if you do install it, be sure and manually run 'updatedb' from a command > line to fill the database initially. There seems to be a KDE interface > you can install also to allow typing 'locate:whatever' on your konqueror > URL line. That would seem to be useful addition. I didn't see one > for Gnome but it may be there or compatible. > > Richard Interesting. I ran <updatedb>, and was rewarded by one of those bouncing mini-icons, so I understood it was probably updating. Then I ran <locate mplayer>, and was presented with an email that I wrote on 16 July of this year. There must be more to it than that. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]