On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 04:38:01PM +0100, P .NIKOLIC wrote: > Right my /etc/updatedb.conf is as follows > # directories to exclude from the slocate database: > PRUNEPATHS="/media /mnt /tmp /var/tmp /var/cache /var/lock /var/run /var/spool /home/pete/nas /home/pete/Movies /home/pete/Music /home/pete/nas1" > > # filesystems to exclude from the slocate database: > PRUNEFS="afs auto autofs binfmt_misc cifs coda configfs cramfs debugfs > devpts devtmpfs ftpfs iso9660 mqueue ncpfs nfs nfs4 proc ramfs > securityfs shfs smbfs sshfs sysfs tmpfs udf usbfs vboxsf" > > yet i get zero file finds for any file name that i know is definately > on the system in a location that IS searchable Does /var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db exist? If it does, then when was the last time it was accessed? -- O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org