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to: RANDALL PARKER
from: MARTIN ATKINS
date: 2006-12-21 17:51:00
subject: Recursive ls on book.

-=> RANDALL PARKER wrote to JOHN BECKETT <=-



 >
 > The '.' refers to the current directory. Use '/' to start from root.
 >
 > When I last investigated 'find' (a couple of years ago), I discovered that
 > you should use 'locate' or better still 'slocate'. These are much faster,
 > but depend on an index file being maintained.

 RP> So how to update the database for locate and slocate?

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