Difference between revisions of "Mlocate"

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* <code>[[apt install mlocate]]</code>
 
* <code>[[apt install mlocate]]</code>
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* <code>[[mlocate --help]]</code>
  
  
 
  [[/etc/cron.daily/mlocate]]
 
  [[/etc/cron.daily/mlocate]]
 
 
[[mlocate --help]]
 
  
 
== Related terms ==
 
== Related terms ==

Revision as of 15:38, 30 November 2022

mlocate is a locate/updatedb implementation. The 'm' stands for "merging": updatedb reuses the existing database to avoid rereading most of the file system, which makes updatedb faster and does not trash the system caches as much.


/etc/cron.daily/mlocate

Related terms

See also

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