Locate command

Rem P Roberti remegius at comcast.net
Thu Jul 10 14:44:10 UTC 2008


> 
> 
> >Whenever I do a "locate" command on a new installation I get this
> >message:
> >
> >locate: database too small: /var/db/locate.database
> >
> >Can someone give me a heads up on how to fix this?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Rem
> >
> 
> Actually, the very first thing I always do after installing a FreeBSD is 
> add this line to crontab:
> 
> 00 02 * * * /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb
> 
> I guess I'm a locate-freak ;^D
> 

Done.  Thanks again.

Rem


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