15 May
2004
15 May
'04
00:53
Doug McGarrett wrote:
The subject says it all. There was even a 3rd-party command in DOS (whereis) which would search the system for a file name, regardless of its directory. I have never been able to find such a program on Linux.
"locate" is really useful and quick. I think it's in the findutils package. You'll need to run "updatedb" to use it. You can also use "find" as in "find <directory> "*file" -- Jim Sabatke Hire Me!! - See my resume at http://my.execpc.com/~jsabatke Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.