[Tfug] When RTFM is not enough

[Anthony Steckman]

I ran into the same problem trying to help someone running 8.2.

I found slocate on the CD's...

According to the doc, it's just locate with added security features.


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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