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Re: Is my locate broken?



On Sun, 27 Apr 2025 13:32:45 -0400
Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> wrote:

> I know locate can be slow, but I waited a sufficient time. I suspect
> locate has to build a database, but my system has been running a week.

I don't know how often it rebuilds the database. I suspect daily.
However, you can run it manually (as root):

updatedb

That should show you any errors.

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