From fb1d8b3724cde10863de04d2c0884fbc5035eeef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ru Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 22:22:35 +0000 Subject: Mechanically kill hard sentence breaks. --- usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.1 | 17 +++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'usr.bin/locate') diff --git a/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.1 b/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.1 index 48d1f06..25cb9e1 100644 --- a/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.1 +++ b/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.1 @@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ As a special case, a pattern containing no globbing characters is matched as though it were .Dq *foo* . .Pp -Historically, locate only stored characters between 32 and 127. The +Historically, locate only stored characters between 32 and 127. +The current implementation store any character except newline .Pq Sq \en and NUL @@ -99,7 +100,8 @@ Search in instead the default file name database. Multiple .Fl d -options are allowed. Each additional +options are allowed. +Each additional .Fl d option adds the specified database to the list of databases to be searched. @@ -155,7 +157,8 @@ $ zcat database.gz | locate -d - pattern .Ed .Pp This might be useful on machines with a fast CPU and little RAM and slow -I/O. Note: you can only use +I/O. +Note: you can only use .Ar one pattern for stdin. .It Fl i @@ -212,11 +215,13 @@ option was specified. The .Nm program may fail to list some files that are present, or may -list files that have been removed from the system. This is because +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 .Pa /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate -script. Use +script. +Use .Xr find 1 to locate files that are of a more transitory nature. .Pp @@ -233,7 +238,7 @@ group .Dq nobody , or world. -E.g. if your HOME directory is not world-readable, all your +E.g.\& if your HOME directory is not world-readable, all your files are .Ar not in the database. -- cgit v1.1