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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/locate')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.1 | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.1 b/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.1 index be14387..57aac3a 100644 --- a/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.1 +++ b/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.1 @@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ current implementation store any character except newline and NUL .Pq Sq \e0 . The 8-bit character support doesn't waste extra space for -plain ASCII file names. Characters less than 32 or greater than 127 +plain ASCII file names. +Characters less than 32 or greater than 127 are stored in 2 bytes. The following options are available: @@ -107,7 +108,8 @@ of databases to be searched. The option .Ar database -may be a colon-separated list of databases. A single colon is a reference +may be a colon-separated list of databases. +A single colon is a reference to the default database. $ locate -d $HOME/lib/mydb: foo @@ -164,7 +166,8 @@ Use .Xr mmap 2 instead of the .Xr stdio 3 -library. This is the default behavior. Usually faster in most cases. +library. This is the default behavior. +Usually faster in most cases. .It Fl s Use the .Xr stdio 3 @@ -223,14 +226,16 @@ which are not readable for user group .Dq nobody , or -world. E.g. if your HOME directory is not world-readable, all your +world. +E.g. if your HOME directory is not world-readable, all your files are .Ar not in the database. The .Nm -database is not byte order independent. It is not possible +database is not byte order independent. +It is not possible to share the databases between machines with different byte order. The current .Nm |
