31 Oct
2018
31 Oct
'18
11:45
On 31/10/2018 12.27, ken wrote:
On 10/31/18 3:23 AM, Per Jessen wrote:
On 10/30/18 5:36 PM, Per Jessen wrote:
This might be file system dependent, I'm not sure. I've been doing some tidying up and got stuck on a few directories with millions of files in them. 3+ million per directory.
when searching for a file by its name, would the "locate" command be unsuitable?
Yes, if it contains that directory it can certainly be used. It can be told to verify if the file currently exists. However, "locate /etc" also finds "/backup/etc/*" or "/alternate/etc/*", There is no switch for absolute paths that I know of. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.3 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)