On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Gary Hassani <ghass...@mackinney.com> wrote: > > > Anyone of a way (program) that will 'insert' or 'delete' a file from a > locatedb?
locate won't support in-place modification of its database. But you can re-write it. For example, you can dump al the entries in the database with locate --null --regex "" And then edit the resulting stream of (NUL-terminated) paths to omit any items you want to delete. You then feed the stream to frcode to generate a new database. See the updatedb shell script for details. Adding files would be similar, though for that case you also need to ensure that the file list is sorted. James. > > > > In other words. given a locatedb and a filename is it possible to insert > that filename into the locatedb? In general there may not be a "the" locatedb since multiple databases are supported. > > > > Similarly given a locatedb and a filename is it possible to remove that > filename from the locatedb ? > > Thanks very much. > > > -- -- This email is intended solely for the use of its addressee, sender, and any readers of a mailing list archive in which it happens to appear. If you have received this email in error, please say or type three times, "I believe in the utility of email disclaimers," and then reply to the author correcting any spellings (and, optionally, any incorrect spellings), accompanying these with humorous jests about the author's parentage. If you are not the addressee, you are nevertheless permitted to both copy and forward this email since without such permissions email systems are unable to transmit email to anybody, intended recipient or not. To those still reading by this point, the author would like to apologise for being unable to maintain a consistent level of humour throughout this disclaimer. Contents may settle during transit. Do not feed the animals.
