read the man page for the locate command. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn@home" <GlennErvin at cableone.net> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 5:31 PM Subject: Re: Linux question > I have been reading the man pages: > man find > and > man dir > and I cannot figure out how to search all subdirectories for a file or > folder. > I am trying to make folders and change welcome.msg on the FTP server. > Glenn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Luke Yelavich" <themuso at themuso.com> > To: "Glenn at home" <GlennErvin at cableone.net>; "Speakup is a screen review > system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 6:27 PM > Subject: Re: Linux question > > > On Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 10:42:13AM EST, Glenn at home wrote: > > How do I find files or folders globally? > > I assume I need to be at the top of the directory, i.e., at slash. > > find / -name your-filename.here > > Read the find man page for more info. > > Luke > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup