Questions tagged [updatedb]
The tool to update the search database used by locate for finding files or paths. This tool is typically run daily to keep the index up recent changes in the filesystem.
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Can I just disable updatedb?
Is updatedb necessary at all? I never use locate and my servers tend to have dozens of millions of files which usually makes updatedb to run for a long time and consume I/O needed by MySQL and/or ...
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What kind of database do `updatedb` and `locate` use?
The locate program of findutils scans one or more databases of filenames and displays any matches. This can be used as a very fast find command if the file was present during the last file name ...
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Why does the `updatedb` program run so fast?
Usually when I have programs that are doing a full disk scan and going over all files in the system they take a very long time to run. Why does updatedb run so fast in comparison?
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updatedb: can not open a temporary file for `/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db'
I go to use the updatedb command to update the index and I get
updatedb: can not open a temporary file for `/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db'
fyi The locate command is working, e.g.
$ locate Index.xml
/...
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How is updatedb so much faster than find?
How is updatedb so much faster than find?
Here's a timed comparison between updatedb and a find command that does a seemingly similar task.
compare.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
cmd="sudo updatedb"
echo $...
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How to add specific directories to "updatedb" (locate) search path?
I keep my digital music and digital photos in directories in a Windows partition, mounted at /media/win_c on my dual-boot box.
I'd like to include those directories—but only those directories—in the ...
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why updatedb command takes too much time?
I have read that to run locate command on CYGWIN first I need to run the following command.
updatedb --localpaths=c:/
what this command exactly do as I run this on CYGWIN and it is taking too much ...
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How to fix "updatedb: can not find group ` mlocate'" on entware?
I have installed the mlocate package on Asus RT-N56U running Padavan with Entware-ng, which is based on OpenWrt. This embedded Linux distribution has SSH enabled.
My locate results are out of date. ...
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Updatedb unrecognized option '--localpaths='
I am attempting to update a single directory I created. I'm using updatedb so it will be found by the locate command.
Command used:
updatedb --localpaths='/frodo/lib/modules/3.12.3-031203-generic/...
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locate and updatedb do nothing in Linux Mint
I run Linux Mint 21.
Currently the locate command always returns no results, and updatedb always returns immediately. The database is sized no more than a few kilobytes.
I have verified that the ...
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How to monitor directory/file changes to rebuild index?
Just moved to Ubuntu 12.04 from Windows 7.
Under Win 7 I use "Everything" to search files and directories, it can build the index database and update it once any file or directory changes. I'm very ...
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updatedb can not create temporary file for a custom database file
I am trying to create a custom mlocate db for my home directory. When running the updatedb it complains about inability to open a temporary file.
55;~/>uname -a
Linux yoga 4.12.14-lp151.28.59-...
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How can I change the configuration of /etc/updatedb.conf file?
Based on the man page of the command "updatedb", we can change and override the configuration of /etc/updatedb.conf using the below commands:
--prune-bind-mounts FLAG
Set ...
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updatedb for a beginner
The updatedb command, as I understand it, is basically the utility that keeps the mlocate.db database file updated. And it's a good idea to keep it updated regularly.
For that matter, I've kept a ...
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Can updatedb keep localpaths for removable drives that aren't plugged in?
I run updatedb like this: updatedb --localpaths="/a /b"
/a is a removable drive. /b is the local hard drive. Although /a's not always accessible to me, I frequently want to run locate to ...
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Linux mint update problem
I have a problem while doing updates.
If I type sudo apt-get updates I will get the following:
Err http://ppa.launchpad.net saucy/main Sources ...
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Updatedb findutils searches in a folder named 'alex'. What does it mean?
Everyday at some minutes after midnight the updatedb.findutils run to index some files. It's a program, which comes with Ubuntu.
Now I wondered what this program does and found this.
root 12500 ...
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Make updatedb not change access times
Can I keep updatedb on but prevent it from changing atimes? I want to automatically tar up repos that haven't been accessed (by me, not some daemon) for a certain period of time.
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`plocate` couldn't find results in my home dir but `mlocate` could. How to search results in home dir?
Currently I'm trying to migrate from mlocate to plocate.
I'm using mlocate in my script (note: locate is aliased to either mlocate or plocate depending which one I've installed).
Successfully searched ...
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Just as there is "locate" to "find". Is there a database for a faster "grep"?
locate (or rather, updatedb) is somewhat simple: it takes the output of find for the required paths (usually '/'), sorts it, and then compresses it with a front-compression tool (frcode), in which the ...
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Updatedb on samba mounted shares
I have a few directories mounted from a samba share server (my lan storage) and I would like to run updatedb on them.
I use to successfully run such command to do that:
updatedb -l 0 -o ~/.myDbFile....
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How can I know how long it takes to run updatedb daily job?
I'm using CentOS6.4 and updatedb is running as a daily job.
What should I do if I want to know how long it takes for updatedb to run?
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Updatedb include the path pointed by symbolic link
I have created mlocate database with the contents of a particular folder. I see that the updatebd doesn't include the path pointed by the symbolic links in the database.
How can I include the path ...
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sudo apt-get update doesn't work on Linux Mint 17.1
I am trying to update my Linux Mint 17.1.
But if I give this commands,
sudo apt-get update
it is giving the following error.
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource ...
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How can I apply -v after I have already executed a command?
I'd like to watch the progress of a command that I know will take about six hours. I ran an update script and forgot to use -v (or whatever I should have done to "watch" the progress) so I have no way ...
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How could updatedb run quickly by avoiding doing full disk scans (maybe not mtime)
How is it possible for updatedb to run very fast by avoiding doing full disk scans? Since mtime of parent folder is not affected by files in subfolders.
In Why does the updatedb program run so fast?
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updatedb does not prune paths
I have a timeshift user with backups in my /home. Every time after boot when I search for something with locate, all the timeshift directories are shown to me. To fix this issue, I added /home/...
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Can I use locate's functionality to find symlinks faster?
I've just read:
How to find all symbolic links pointing to any file/directory inside a given directory
but that is pretty slow. Now, on typical Linux systems, a filesystem database-of-sorts is ...
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Does 'apt update' also update nmap's scripts?
I'm building a Linux OVA on a VM to scan stuff with nmap.
I'm using cron to keep my packages up to date:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get autoremove
It's from my understanding ...
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fdopendir: Permission denied when running updatedb
I'm trying to index the files on my NAS (It's a TerraMaster F4-210) with the command:
updatedb -l 0 -o /home/jake/nas-index.db -U /mnt/nas/
After running for a little while it dies with the error:
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Does the database created by updatedb expire after a certain amount of time?
A few days ago, when I ran locate to find some files in my home filesystem, it didn't return anything. It seemed to me that it had only indexed the files in the root filesystem but not the home ...
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unable to update application permission denied
Hi there i new to linux and I just enable Raid 10 as a result i can only connect through a putty session and not remote desktop, everything was working fine untill i followed this article
https://...
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How make updatedb ignore ~ backup files
updatedb has options to exclude names.
But how get it to exclude by part of a name - eg. the pattern *~
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Script for update
I have a script used for update :
OLD="int 10"
NEW="int 20"
i=0
DPATH="/home"
for f in $DPATH
do
sed -i "s/$OLD/$NEW/g" $f
let i++
echo "modified:" $f
done
what i need according to my old ...
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Can GNU FindUtils be configured to skip a directory?
When I run updatedb I get an error "Permission denied" to /run/user
$ sudo updatedb
/usr/bin/find: '/run/user/1000/doc': Permission denied
Note my version of updatedb comes from the package ...
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`updatedb` to grab everything possible
updatedb.findutils and updatedb.mlocate don't seem to grab everything possible. How can they be instructed to include all files?
$ printf 'locate: %s, smaller than find: %s\n' "$(sudo locate '*' |...
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I am having problem will installing development [closed]
I am nod able to install mono development even after i gave apt get update. My system is asking for
Mono depends on =6.10.0.104-0-xamarin16+debian10b1
Its also asking
Hit https://download.mono-...
