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Re:Don't forget locate

Posted by: Anonymous Coward on October 31, 2005 08:40 PM

er em, locate does not use find, it uses the database built by updatedb, that why its a bazillion times faster than find; if somewhat out of date.

Locate also supports regular experssions.

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