Bob Goodwin: > Is there a way/command that will find all instances of files such as > "*.ncd" on the external hard drive: > > /run/media/bobg/Simple/Box8BkU/ > > updatedb and locate with it mounted do not find anything? Often > times it would be convenient to do but locate seems only to want to > work on the internal drives [for me]. Which paths will be used, or ignored, for things like the "locate" command are configured in the /etc/updatedb.conf file. By default, the mount points for external drives are ignored, but you can change that, if you like. Just edit that file. The logic is that the locate command should only give you results that you can use, and external drives are considered temporary, and may not be available. So, being told that the file you asked for is located on some particular place that isn't currently mounted, doesn't do you a great deal of good. If you have things that are sometimes mounted externally, and some other things that are always mounted externally, you could prune specific filepaths, rather than general ones. e.g. Rather than prune /media/, you might prune /media/flashdrive, leaving /media/backup to be indexed (those being example names that I've just made up for this sentence). -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.6.7-4.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Nov 20 19:40:01 UTC 2012 x86_64 All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
