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From: Andrey Falko <ma3oxuct@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] updatedb/locate - reasons to use
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:38:50
Message-Id: 350fc7cf0807281538r12065074l3d0076a095089458@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] [OT] updatedb/locate - reasons to use by Andrew Gaydenko
1 On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Andrew Gaydenko <a@××××××××.com> wrote:
2 > Hi!
3 >
4 > Are there (emerge/revdep-rebuild/other portage tools related) situations
5 > when fs db creating is useful?
6 >
7 >
8 > Andrew
9 >
10 >
11
12 I believe there are. I used to use slocate when I had tens of
13 thousands of mp3s and other media files. Its a lot of times its faster
14 to use slocate or locate than a find to find a certain file.

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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] updatedb/locate - reasons to use Beau Henderson <beau@××××××××××××.com>