[Tfug] When RTFM is not enough

[Jon]

Erich,

you can use 'find' if it's installed.

Example:

find / -name <filename> -print

read the manpage on some different flags to adjust your searching
requirements.


Jon



On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Erich Flothmeier wrote:

>
> Hi,
>     I got a new machine with linux pre-installed:
>
>        Distribution: Mandrake 8.2
>        Kernel:       2.4.18
>
> One question at a time. I'm trying to find out where everything is,
> and older distributions used something called "locate" with "updatedb"
> What's used now?
>
>    Yes, I have the manual in an HTML tarball version, but the answer
> to my questions is the needle in a haystack. Also, I'm an old-fashioned
> guy and find seamless GUI's frustrating sometimes.
>
>                                                           Cheers,
>                                                           Erich
>
>
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