[Tfug] When RTFM is not enough

[Bowie J. Poag]

> One question at a time. I'm trying to find out where everything is,
> and older distributions used something called "locate" with "updatedb"

It should still be there..Its a standard fixture. Might want to hunt down
the RPM at www.rpmfind.net.

In the meantime, you can do this quick hack to achieve the same thing:

   du -k / >/files.txt

This will create a text file listing the complete expanded filename of every
file on your system.

To locate a file, just grep it.

   grep "whatever" /files.txt

If anyone tells you to use "find", double up your fist and just pound the
snot out of them.  When they lose consciousness, drag their body into a
dumpster, dump some gasoline into it, and set them on fire. Repeat as
needed.