28 Jan
2011
28 Jan
'11
2:50 p.m.
On Fri, 28 Jan 2011, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
One *does* have to remember the "mlocate" package's limitations. It doesn't browse network mounted directories, it doesn't browse /tmp or look for other excluded targets, and it runs with the nightly cron jobs. So if you're looking for files in /var/tmp/ or an NFS share, or files that were created an hour ago, well, it's back to "find".
All configurable via /etc/updatedb.conf if your local needs differ.
I have found it very useful, when checking updates on a machine, to become root and run the "updatedb" command to get the mlocate database updated.
Sure.
jh