Difference between revisions of "Mlocate"

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* <code>[[apt install mlocate]]</code>
 
* <code>[[apt install mlocate]]</code>
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* [[Amazon Linux]]: <code>[[yum install mlocate]]</code>
 
* <code>[[mlocate --help]]</code>
 
* <code>[[mlocate --help]]</code>
  

Latest revision as of 15:59, 1 February 2023

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

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