Re: [arch-general] findutils and locate

2012-04-16 Thread P .NIKOLIC
On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:13:41 +0530 gt wrote: > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 08:22:03AM +0100, P .NIKOLIC wrote: > > -rwxr-sr-x 1 root locate 39512 Mar 3 05:53 /usr/bin/locate > > > > it is running with the default as you can see this is getting a bit > > strange to say the least think the next i

Re: [arch-general] findutils and locate

2012-04-16 Thread gt
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 08:22:03AM +0100, P .NIKOLIC wrote: > -rwxr-sr-x 1 root locate 39512 Mar 3 05:53 /usr/bin/locate > > it is running with the default as you can see this is getting a bit > strange to say the least think the next is going to be uninstall and > reinstall it see if that he

Re: [arch-general] findutils and locate

2012-04-16 Thread P .NIKOLIC
On Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:53:21 +0100 Mauro Santos wrote: > On 15-04-2012 23:10, P .NIKOLIC wrote: > > On Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:49:45 +0200 > > Martti Kühne wrote: > > > > something failing on my guess would be a changed permission > > somewhere althou i dont mess around with permissions outside of

Re: [arch-general] findutils and locate

2012-04-15 Thread Martti Kühne
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 11:53:21PM +0100, Mauro Santos wrote: > > Are you using locate as your user? If so, are you on the locate group? > not needed here: -rwxr-sr-x 1 root locate 39512 Mar 3 06:53 /usr/bin/locate [martti@arch64-vm ~]$ groups wheel martti the s lets locate run with group locat

Re: [arch-general] findutils and locate

2012-04-15 Thread Mauro Santos
On 15-04-2012 23:10, P .NIKOLIC wrote: > On Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:49:45 +0200 > Martti Kühne wrote: > > something failing on my guess would be a changed permission somewhere > althou i dont mess around with permissions outside of my user area . Are you using locate as your user? If so, are you on

Re: [arch-general] findutils and locate

2012-04-15 Thread P .NIKOLIC
On Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:49:45 +0200 Martti Kühne wrote: > On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 05:51:36PM +0100, P .NIKOLIC wrote: > > Hi .. > > > > Yes it is there .. > > > > -rw-r- 1 root locate 7868436 Apr 15 13:48 mlocate.db > > > > Doing a strings on the file it contains the expected data but

Re: [arch-general] findutils and locate

2012-04-15 Thread Martti Kühne
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 05:51:36PM +0100, P .NIKOLIC wrote: > Hi .. > > Yes it is there .. > > -rw-r- 1 root locate 7868436 Apr 15 13:48 mlocate.db > > Doing a strings on the file it contains the expected data but i still > get no files show up when i try locate filename even if the fi

Re: [arch-general] findutils and locate

2012-04-15 Thread P .NIKOLIC
On Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:13:33 +0530 gt wrote: > On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 04:38:01PM +0100, P .NIKOLIC wrote: > > Right my /etc/updatedb.conf is as follows > > # directories to exclude from the slocate database: > > PRUNEPATHS="/media /mnt /tmp /var/tmp /var/cache /var/lock /var/run > > /var/spoo

Re: [arch-general] findutils and locate

2012-04-15 Thread gt
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 04:38:01PM +0100, P .NIKOLIC wrote: > Right my /etc/updatedb.conf is as follows > # directories to exclude from the slocate database: > PRUNEPATHS="/media /mnt /tmp /var/tmp /var/cache /var/lock /var/run > /var/spool /home/pete/nas /home/pete/Movies /home/pete/Music /home

Re: [arch-general] findutils and locate

2012-04-15 Thread P .NIKOLIC
On Sun, 15 Apr 2012 15:41:55 +0200 Martti Kühne wrote: > On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 01:49:41PM +0100, P .NIKOLIC wrote: > > > > Right mlocate is installed updatedb takes no time it is instant it > > fails to read a thing .. it attempts to reads the NAS drive that > > i do NOT want read thats i

Re: [arch-general] findutils and locate

2012-04-15 Thread Martti Kühne
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 01:49:41PM +0100, P .NIKOLIC wrote: > > Right mlocate is installed updatedb takes no time it is instant it > fails to read a thing .. it attempts to reads the NAS drive that i do > NOT want read thats it nothing else > > now can we have some sensible replies please .

Re: [arch-general] findutils and locate

2012-04-15 Thread Allan McRae
On 15/04/12 22:49, P .NIKOLIC wrote: > On Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:00:19 +0200 > Martti Kühne wrote: > >> On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 06:33:58PM +1000, Allan McRae wrote: >>> On 15/04/12 18:15, P .NIKOLIC wrote: How can i return full function to the findutils and locate , It was the best utilit

Re: [arch-general] findutils and locate

2012-04-15 Thread P .NIKOLIC
On Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:43:44 +1000 Allan McRae wrote: > On 15/04/12 21:24, Martti Kühne wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 09:09:11PM +1000, Allan McRae wrote: > >> > >> It was not trolling but serious advise. If you can not do basic > >> research, Arch is not the distribution for you. > > > >

Re: [arch-general] findutils and locate

2012-04-15 Thread P .NIKOLIC
On Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:00:19 +0200 Martti Kühne wrote: > On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 06:33:58PM +1000, Allan McRae wrote: > > On 15/04/12 18:15, P .NIKOLIC wrote: > > > How can i return full function to the findutils and locate , It > > > was the best utility for the job and now has been eroded by t

Re: [arch-general] findutils and locate

2012-04-15 Thread Allan McRae
On 15/04/12 21:24, Martti Kühne wrote: > On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 09:09:11PM +1000, Allan McRae wrote: >> >> It was not trolling but serious advise. If you can not do basic >> research, Arch is not the distribution for you. > > > Thanks for pointing it out another superfluous time. > Don't you kn

Re: [arch-general] findutils and locate

2012-04-15 Thread Martti Kühne
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 09:09:11PM +1000, Allan McRae wrote: > > It was not trolling but serious advise. If you can not do basic > research, Arch is not the distribution for you. > > Allan Thanks for pointing it out another superfluous time. Don't you know pete by now? Obviously that's how he

Re: [arch-general] findutils and locate

2012-04-15 Thread Allan McRae
On 15/04/12 21:00, Martti Kühne wrote: > On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 06:33:58PM +1000, Allan McRae wrote: >> On 15/04/12 18:15, P .NIKOLIC wrote: >>> How can i return full function to the findutils and locate , It was >>> the best utility for the job and now has been eroded by the supposed >>> replace

Re: [arch-general] findutils and locate

2012-04-15 Thread Martti Kühne
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 06:33:58PM +1000, Allan McRae wrote: > On 15/04/12 18:15, P .NIKOLIC wrote: > > How can i return full function to the findutils and locate , It was > > the best utility for the job and now has been eroded by the supposed > > replacements that are a complete failure . > > >

Re: [arch-general] findutils and locate

2012-04-15 Thread Allan McRae
On 15/04/12 18:15, P .NIKOLIC wrote: > Hi . > > How can i return full function to the findutils and locate , It was > the best utility for the job and now has been eroded by the supposed > replacements that are a complete failure . > > I want my old locate command back and working as it always u

Re: [arch-general] findutils and locate

2012-04-15 Thread Christoph Vigano
On 04/15/2012 10:15 AM, P .NIKOLIC wrote: > Hi . > > How can i return full function to the findutils and locate , It was > the best utility for the job and now has been eroded by the supposed > replacements that are a complete failure . > > I want my old locate command back and working as it alw

[arch-general] findutils and locate

2012-04-15 Thread P .NIKOLIC
Hi . How can i return full function to the findutils and locate , It was the best utility for the job and now has been eroded by the supposed replacements that are a complete failure . I want my old locate command back and working as it always used to never failed to find what i wanted Oh and