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2003-10-04 02:36:00 |
And although many of the executables are in /usr/bin, there will be others in /bin, /sbin, /usr/sbin, /usr/share/bin, usr/share/sbin, /usr/local/bin ... Some applications make their own trees (usually under /usr). :D
locate doesn't always work. Like apropos it needs a database ("whatis") which is generated/updated by a cron task. I'm not totally sure when that task is supposed to run ... it used to be an "early hours" one, but now it's "weekly". (I just run it manually: (as root) updatedb (which actually starts "slocate" :D) The Mandrake 9 as installed (from the CDs I got on a magazine) puts it in a particular place which is not the place where the locate script looks for it :_| I just changed the script --- the page appears in two places in the script. |
Graham L (2) |