On Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:13:33 +0530 gt <static.vortex@xxxxxxx> wrote: > 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? > Hi .. Yes it is there .. -rw-r----- 1 root locate 7868436 Apr 15 13:48 mlocate.db Doing a strings on the file it contains the expected data but i still get no files show up when i try locate filename even if the file is listed in the db and it Actually exists on the drive and is good Pete -- Linux 7-of-9 3.3.1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Apr 3 06:46:17 UTC 2012 x86_64 AMD Phenom(tm) 9600B Quad-Core Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
