Hi,
Sam Watkins wrote:
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:28:47PM +1000, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
Why is "find" such a disgustingly inefficient program?
Something like 'rlocate' might be suitable for finding files with certain
names. I haven't tried it:
http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/114069
That sounds like a good solution.
I do like find for all sorts of reasons, but traversing a file system
with many thousands of files is pretty painful. In smaller trees, find
works just fine. I accept, that it is only when using larger trees of
files/dirs that find is found wanting an awful lot more.
Now to find which Debian package rlocate is in today, hopefully it is in
current stable.
Okay, I can't find any such Debian package, given the age of rlocate
dates back to 2005 [just like the referred article link above] ... is
there a better alternative today? Or does anyone know which package has
the rlocate tool?
And also, are there any known problems / issues that arise using rlocate?
Thanks.
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