[Tfug] When RTFM is not enough

[klsmith]

You may need to be root to run locate and updatedb.  I'v use it under 
the latest versions of Debian, Mandrake and RedHat

Keith

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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