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Re: locate something not exist



On 2011-04-28, teddieeb@tmo.blackberry.net <teddieeb@tmo.blackberry.net> wrote:
>
> I believe you need to run
>
> #updatedb
>
> If I am not mistaken (updatedb may work for different search command if memory is faulty) 
>
> But if I'm not mistaken, updatedb will refresh the database locate uses to find results...
>

If you are unable to run updatedb, use 'locate -e' when searching. Then
only the names of files which still exist will be printed.


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