updatedb port

[jr_yeo]

is there an updatedb/locate/slocate/mlocate port in FreeBSD? tnx.

 

[SirDice]

You mean locate(1)? It's in the base.

 

[jr_yeo]

yupz =] but everytime i try

locate zsh

this message

locate: database too small: /var/db/locate.database

how do i populate that? tnx.

 

[SirDice]

locate.updatedb(8)

 

[DutchDaemon]

If your machine is never on at 3 AM on a Saturday, locate will never run
It's run by the weekly periodic job in /etc/crontab ->
# /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate.

 

[jr_yeo]

ok. tnx.

 

[jr_yeo]

If your machine is never on at 3 AM on a Saturday, locate will never run
It's run by the weekly periodic job in /etc/crontab ->
# /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate.

can't i force the cron to run NOW?

 

[SirDice]

Yep, just run as root # /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate.