Arch Linux

stek2008

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Registered: 2008-02-12

Posts: 3

How to update locate database?

Hi Folks,

Loving arch so far... but struggling to get the locate Db to update.
The docs in the wiki suggest locate -u but this is failing with:

locate: invalid option -- u

It's also not working the same way as on Darwin / RH,

Thanks,
Steve

y0sh3

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Registered: 2008-02-12

Posts: 4

Re: How to update locate database?

Hey Steve,

Have you tried "sudo updatedb".  If you're not using sudo you might have to go in as root user.

Good luck!
-y0sh3

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-y0sh3

stek2008

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Registered: 2008-02-12

Posts: 3

Re: How to update locate database?

Eureka!!

Thanks so much