Thread: slocate doesn't seem to work

i've found information slocate here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/findingfiles#locate

have installed slocate package. i've manually run daily cron job:

code:

david@growler:~$ sudo /etc/cron.daily/slocate  david@growler:~$

i have given hour index 1 tb of data. not seem indexing of filesystems:

code:

david@growler:~$ locate address  /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples/check-mac-address.sh  /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples/get-mac-address.sh  /usr/share/doc/libncurses5-dev/html/ada/terminal_interface-curses-forms-field_types-ipv4_address__adb.htm  /usr/share/doc/libncurses5-dev/html/ada/terminal_interface-curses-forms-field_types-ipv4_address__ads.htm  /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-27-server/include/config/mtd/docprobe/address.h  /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-27-server/include/config/mtd/nand/diskonchip/probe/address.h  /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-27-server/include/config/scsi/sym53c8xx/dma/addressing  /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-27-server/include/config/scsi/sym53c8xx/dma/addressing/mode.h  /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-28-server/include/config/mtd/docprobe/address.h  /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-28-server/include/config/mtd/nand/diskonchip/probe/address.h  /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-28-server/include/config/scsi/sym53c8xx/dma/addressing  /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-28-server/include/config/scsi/sym53c8xx/dma/addressing/mode.h  david@growler:~$

i have many files in /media directory , subdirectories "address" in them.

problem? cron job looks like:

code:

david@growler:~$ more /etc/cron.daily/slocate  #! /bin/sh    if [ -x /usr/bin/slocate ] && [ ! -x /usr/bin/mlocate ]           if [ -f /etc/updatedb.conf ]                           . /etc/updatedb.conf          fi            # adjust i/o priority of current process (default: best effort)          ionice -c ${ionice_class:-2} -n ${ionice_priority:-7} -p $$            if [ -f /etc/updatedb.conf ]                           nice -n ${nice:-10} /usr/bin/slocate -u          else                  nice -n ${nice:-10} /usr/bin/slocate -u -f proc          fi          chown root.slocate /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db  fi  david@growler:~$

posted davidshere

i've found information slocate...

i think working. try this: create test file in home directory

code:

touch ~/updatedb.test

look using slocate

code:

locate updatedb.test

this should fail have not updated slocate database. update slocate

code:

sudo updatedb

now test locate again

code:

locate updatedb.test

the file should found.

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