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# 8  
Old 06-06-2006
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Originally Posted by Terrible
i was just trying to list all the files on the system and send em to a file. this makes it easier on both the user and system to, at a later date, search for the location of a file from the file that contains the list of all the files on the system. instead of having to use the find command and possibly risking render the system powerless by mistakenly typing the wrong command.

Why don't you try GNU find-utils?
(updatedb/locate)
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Old 06-07-2006
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Originally Posted by grial
Why don't you try GNU find-utils?
(updatedb/locate)

please can u expatiate a lil bit on this. find-utils? what operating systems is it on. what is the directory its located in
Terrible
# 10  
Old 06-07-2006
I would suggest slocate (http://slocate.trakker.ca/). It's like locate, but when a user runs it, they only see file in which they'd normally have access (i.e. they won't typically even see that there's a large number of JPEGs in a hidden directory withing /root).

Make sure to read the documentation, because you'll want to avoid running this over NFS or SMB, or other special filesystems (like procfs, sysfs, or clustered filesystems.) This is usually defined in a central config location, like /etc/updatedb.conf.
# 11  
Old 06-08-2006
find-utils are a set of GNU tools just for that: find things. Smilie
As other GNU sw, you have source code available. Anyway, there are binaries for various OS.

Look at: http://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/
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