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author | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2019-12-28 08:55:52 +0700 |
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committer | Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org> | 2019-12-28 08:55:52 +0700 |
commit | 18ce54101fcedd1b595c1fcc53860a31e8f5c463 (patch) | |
tree | 3eb1db296fcdc5214e209c9756c4b196cdcd0f83 /system/mlocate/README | |
parent | c3aed3486866289068e8b4c88c862b3a6deb8f24 (diff) |
system/mlocate: Added (locate/updatedb implementation).
Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/system/mlocate/README b/system/mlocate/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..f2029ce76a648 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/mlocate/README @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +mlocate (locate/updatedb implementation) + +mlocate is a locate/updatedb implementation. It keeps a database of all +existing files and allows you to lookup files by name. The 'm' stands for +"merging": updatedb reuses the existing database to avoid rereading most +of the file system, which makes updatedb faster and does not trash the +system caches as much as traditional locate implementations. + +This is the same "locate" that's in Slackware-current (and eventually 15.0). + +This conflicts with Slackware 14.2's slocate package! Before installing +this, add slocate to /etc/slackpkg/blacklist and then: + + # removepkg slocate + +It's also recommended to: + + # rm -rf /var/lib/slocate /etc/updatedb.conf + +The locate database will be created daily, as a cron job. If you don't +want to wait, you can create it manually: + + # /etc/cron.daily/mlocate + +If you want to revert to Slackware's slocate, remove slocate from +/etc/slackpkg/blacklist, then: + + # removepkg mlocate + # rm -rf /var/lib/mlocate /etc/updatedb.conf + # slackpkg update + # slackpkg install slocate |