[ale] How do I update the "locate" database

[Joe Steele]

man updatedb

There's a cron job in /etc/cron.daily/updatedb.cron (at least on a redhat box) which automatically updates the database each night.  Note, however, that it does it as user "nobody", so that directory permissions will affect what is visible.

--Joe

-----Original Message-----
 From:	Prasanna Subash [SMTP:Psubash at manh.com]
Sent:	Monday, December 06, 1999 11:07 AM
To:	ale at ale.org
Subject:	[ale] How do I update the "locate" database


All,
    How do I update my locate database. I want locate to 'locate' all my new
files.
 
Prasanna Subash
Manhattan Associates, Inc 
Phone: 770 955 5533 x 1047 
psubash at manh.com <mailto:psubash at manh.com>