Re: [newbie] update slocate db

2003-06-05 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 05 Jun 2003 4:25 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 12:36, Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, I use slocate regularly to locate various files. I have recently received warnings that the slocate database is more than 8 days old. I read through the documentation and the

Re: [newbie] update slocate db

2003-06-05 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 18:00, Derek Jennings wrote: Come on Stephen you must remember that! derek ...that's like my wife asking me if I remembered to hang out the laundry, or put the seat back down... Ah Fer Got, Darlin! -- Thu Jun 5 18:20:01 EST 2003 18:20:01 up 19:13, 4 users, load

Re: [newbie] update slocate db

2003-06-05 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 12:36, Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, I use slocate regularly to locate various files. I have recently received warnings that the slocate database is more than 8 days old. I read through the documentation and the -u option appears to create a database but my

Re: [newbie] update slocate db

2003-06-05 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 22:36, Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, I use slocate regularly to locate various files. I have recently received warnings that the slocate database is more than 8 days old. I read through the documentation and the -u option appears to create a database but my

Re: [newbie] update slocate db

2003-06-05 Thread Greg Meyer
On Thursday 05 June 2003 12:30 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 22:36, Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, I use slocate regularly to locate various files. I have recently received warnings that the slocate database is more than 8 days old. I read through the documentation and the

[newbie] update slocate db

2003-06-04 Thread Bill Winegarden
Hi, I use slocate regularly to locate various files. I have recently received warnings that the slocate database is more than 8 days old. I read through the documentation and the -u option appears to create a database but my question is can I just run an updatedb command of some

Re: [newbie] update slocate db

2003-06-04 Thread JoeHill
On Wed, 4 Jun 2003 19:36:15 -0700 Bill Winegarden [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: updatedb command of some sort? exactly, just su to root and run updatedb. it takes a little while, depending on the size of your drive and the amount of data on it. -- Joehill Registered Linux user #282046