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warning: locate: warning: database /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db' is more than 8 days o

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Started by Guest_Jame_* , Oct 22 2007 05:37 AM

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Guest_Jame_*
Posted 22 October 2007 - 05:37 AM

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I receive this error when I try to use the locate command for just about anything:

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warning: locate: warning: database /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db' is more than 8 days old

How do I resolve this?

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Posted 24 October 2007 - 05:51 AM

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You need to rebuild the update database:

$ updatedb

which could take a while to finish. You can also use "find" instead of locate.

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Posted 25 October 2007 - 04:50 AM

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To search by name with find do

find -name <dir> <search term>

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