Ah, thank you for posting this. So slocate *is* using fts, I didn't know that. I experienced this problem with a vfat file system that also has >100k files.
There was an issue with fts in coreutils-5.97 (which is still current in all Ubuntu distros), that affected other recursive file system tools, such as du (bug #53388). It is fixed in current versions of coreutils, such as 6.9.x Can you please try to install the most recent coreutils, 6.9.90, and see if this fixes the slocate problem? ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/ -- slocate doesn't always locate on remote smbfs share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/71962 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
