/utils/locate/updatedb "file name databases" Q

[Scunningham99]

Hi

I have been searching the net trying to figure out what updatedb is used for.

I have come across file name database term. what is this used for on solaris 8. And why is it run from crontab ???

any explanation would be much appreciated!

thanks in advance



Sy UK

 

[mbrooks]

updatedb indexes all files on your server so that they can be later searched using locate.

Example:

% locate <filename>

M. Brooks

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