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| author | mpp <mpp@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-02-11 18:34:22 +0000 |
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| committer | mpp <mpp@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-02-11 18:34:22 +0000 |
| commit | 5bf762a41fbae0c8bcb70707f970068478c25e15 (patch) | |
| tree | 9fbe2f8fb5d1c232bd80251817154d6b252df8c9 /usr.bin/locate | |
| parent | e00f61f83267c397d1aa2e5264ceff0691add4dd (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-5bf762a41fbae0c8bcb70707f970068478c25e15.zip FreeBSD-src-5bf762a41fbae0c8bcb70707f970068478c25e15.tar.gz | |
Added some info describing the script that updates the database,
and the fact that it is usually run by /etc/weekly.
Closes docs/127.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/locate')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.1 | 15 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.1 b/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.1 index 89cc2e8..d1ca1bb 100644 --- a/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.1 +++ b/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.1 @@ -60,8 +60,11 @@ including slashes (``/''). As a special case, a pattern containing no globbing characters (``foo'') is matched as though it were ``*foo*''. .Sh FILES -.Bl -tag -width /var/db/locate.database -compact +.Bl -tag -width /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb -compact .It Pa /var/db/locate.database +The actual database +.It Pa /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb +Script to update the locate database .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr find 1 , @@ -74,6 +77,16 @@ is matched as though it were ``*foo*''. .%V 8:1 .%P pp. 8-10 .Re +.Sh BUGS +.Nm Locate +may fail to list some files that are present, or may +to list files that have been removed from the system. This is because +locate only reports files that are present in the database, which is +typically only regenerated once a week by the +.Nm /etc/weekly +script. Use +.Xr find 1 +to locate files that are of a more transitory nature. .Sh HISTORY The .Nm locate |
