Thanks Sven. Is it possible to get file user owner and file size with the mlocate/updatedb ?
I would like to get granular reports like that... On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 7:48 AM, Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2008-10-01 13:15 +0200, Mag Gam wrote: > >> I was wondering if its possible to run updatedb on a very large >> filesystem (6 TB). Has anyone done this before? > > I don't have such luxurious filesystems, but it should certainly be > possible. It's just a matter of time (the number of files is what > really counts, not the size of the filesystem). > >> I plan on running this >> on a weekly basis, but I was wondering if updatedb was faster than a >> simple 'find'. Are there any optimizations in 'updatedb' ? > > The implementation of updatedb mlocate package has an important > optimization, it reuses old entries for directories whose mtime didn't > change since the last run. So the second and subsequent runs should be > considerably faster than the first. Note, however, that mlocate is not > available in Etch. > > The findutils version may be too slow to be run on a weekly basis on > systems with many millions of files. > > Sven > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
