Problem : Wondering if someone can enlighten me as I believe that perhaps my expectations are wrong. When I use […]
Tag: locate
What makes ‘locate’ so fast compared with ‘find’?
Problem : In my mind, both locate and find finds a file, but why does locate run so fast? According […]
Locate displaying old files?
Problem : My locate command seems to be digging up files which don’t exist (old files which I have renamed). […]
What folders are indexed / covered by ‘locate’
QUESTION : On OS X, I think the locate DB is populated by running: sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb But locate does not […]
Linux Locate Command false info
Problem : I am running Arch Linux and have used the “locate” command quite often to find files. I noticed […]
Cannot manually update database for locate?
QUESTION : I’ve been trying to update the databases used by locate on my Macbook (10.6.3 Snow Leopard) but even […]
Windows alternative to locate on ubuntu [duplicate]
QUESTION : This question already has answers here: Unix-type “locate” on Windows? (12 answers) Closed 7 years ago. The locate […]