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linux 9.4.15: slocate

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ken T Takusagawa)
Wed Sep 14 15:59:35 2005

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Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 15:58:49 -0400
From: Ken T Takusagawa <kenta@mit.edu>
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System name:		bx3.csail.mit.edu
Type and version:	i686 9.4.15 (with mkserv)
Display type:		ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 Pro Ultra TF

Shell:			/bin/athena/bash
Window manager:		metacity

What were you trying to do?
   use the slocate command to locate a file of a given name on
the local filesystem

What's wrong:
    updatedb hasn't been run. 

What should have happened:
   it should be run as a cron job.

Please describe any relevant documentation references:
   this used to work in 9.3.

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