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Re: locate(1) man page hard to understand, please rewrite
From: |
Stepan Kasal |
Subject: |
Re: locate(1) man page hard to understand, please rewrite |
Date: |
Mon, 15 Jul 2002 08:07:15 +0000 (UTC) |
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slrn/0.9.6.2 (Linux) |
Hallo!
On 08 Jul 2002 14:42:20 +0200, Alfred M. Szmidt <address@hidden> wrote:
> "Paul D. Smith" <address@hidden> writes:
> >
> > $ locate /tmp
[...]
> > $ locate '*/tmp*'
>
> Sorry, but that is just wrong according to the output of locate:
>
> $ locate /tmp
> /home/ams/src/hurd/tmpfs
[...]
> This looks like a bug to me.
As I've already mentioned in a previous post in this thread, the above
locate commands are equivalent and Paul was really wrong about this.
OTOH, this is not bug, it's documented in the man page.
> $ locate */tmp
> /home/ams/share/doc/tmp
>
> But it doesn't match /tmp for some odd reason. `*' should match any
> "zero or more characters"
I'd say it probably matches, try "locate '*/etc'".
The reason is that the updatedb command is often configured to omit the
most obvious useless directories, like /tmp and /mnt .
Search your cron configuration for details.
> Who is the current maintainer of GNU findutils?
I'd try looking to the ChangeLog who releases new versions.
It seems to be Kevin Dalley, kevin seti org.
HTH,
Stepan