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