On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 00:21:19 -0600 W Paul Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Marc Shapiro wrote: > > Kent West wrote: [...] > >> "updatedb" runs by default, I believe, every day. However, just to > >> be sure, I'd run it manually, then do another run of your locate > >> command. > > And this is weirder -- after running updatedb, locate now says that > > libflashplayer.so exists in ~/.mozilla/plugins. Ok, so it is > > installed locally, instead of globally. I can deal with that. But > > why did locate not find it before? Is updatedb not running > > automatically on my system? Maybe I'll go back to using 'find' > > instead of 'locate.' The syntax for locate is easier, but find > > never missed anything before (that I know of). > > > > That is normal. updatedb does not go into user directories. > It does here. The file /etc/updatedb.conf controls this behaviour. -- Liam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
