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On Wednesday 30 July 2008, Alex Schuster wrote: |
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> emerge -C slocate && emerge mlocate && time updatedb && time updatedb |
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> mlocate is supposed to be compatible with slocate, but the updatedb |
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> command runs much faster. |
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Your test doesn't proof anything!! Many information are cached and |
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available for some time, this is a desirable feature and a good use of |
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the system memory. Your conclusion may be wrong, or right, or ... who |
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knows? |
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This is what I have with slocate: |
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aemaeth ~ # time updatedb ; time updatedb |
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real 3m1.687s |
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user 0m2.209s |
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sys 0m7.339s |
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real 0m7.005s |
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user 0m2.054s |
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sys 0m3.005s |
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Cheers |
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Francesco |
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Linux Version 2.6.26-gentoo, Compiled #1 PREEMPT Sat Jul 19 09:00:16 |
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CEST 2008 |
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One 1GHz AMD Athlon 64 Processor, 2GB RAM, 2004.08 Bogomips Total |
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aemaeth |
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