Re: rlocate [was find on another list]

[Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au>]

Hi,

Sam Watkins wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:28:47PM +1000, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
> > Why is "find" such a disgustingly inefficient program?
>
> Something like 'rlocate' might be suitable for finding files with certain
> names.  I haven't tried it:
>
>   http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/114069

That sounds like a good solution.

I do like find for all sorts of reasons, but traversing a file system
with many thousands of files is pretty painful.  In smaller trees, find
works just fine.  I accept, that it is only when using larger trees of
files/dirs that find is found wanting an awful lot more.

Now to find which Debian package rlocate is in today, hopefully it is in
current stable.

Okay, I can't find any such Debian package, given the age of rlocate 
dates back to 2005 [just like the referred article link above] ... is 
there a better alternative today?  Or does anyone know which package has 
the rlocate tool?

And also, are there any known problems / issues that arise using rlocate?

Thanks.

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Kind Regards
AndrewM

Andrew McGlashan
Broadband Solutions now including VoIP