[arch-general] findutils and locate

gt static.vortex at gmx.com
Sun Apr 15 12:43:33 EDT 2012


On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 04:38:01PM +0100, P .NIKOLIC wrote:
> Right my /etc/updatedb.conf is as follows  
> # directories to exclude from the slocate database:
> PRUNEPATHS="/media /mnt /tmp /var/tmp /var/cache /var/lock /var/run /var/spool /home/pete/nas /home/pete/Movies /home/pete/Music /home/pete/nas1"
> 
> # filesystems to exclude from the slocate database:
> PRUNEFS="afs auto autofs binfmt_misc cifs coda configfs cramfs debugfs
> devpts devtmpfs ftpfs iso9660 mqueue ncpfs nfs nfs4 proc ramfs
> securityfs shfs smbfs sshfs sysfs tmpfs udf usbfs vboxsf"
> 
> yet i get zero file finds for any file name that i know is definately
> on the system in a location that IS searchable

Does /var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db exist? If it does, then when was the
last time it was accessed?

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