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- About
- =====
- mlocate is a locate/updatedb implementation. The 'm' stands for "merging":
- updatedb reuses the existing database to avoid rereading most of the file
- system, which makes updatedb faster and does not trash the system caches as
- much.
-
- The locate(1) utility is intended to be completely compatible to slocate. It
- also attempts to be compatible to GNU locate, when it does not conflict with
- slocate compatibility.
-
- New releases will be available at https://fedorahosted.org/mlocate/ .
-
- Installation
- ============
- Before installation it is necessary to create a group called "mlocate" to allow
- hiding the contents of the database from users.
-
- When updatedb is run by root, the database contains names of files of all
- users, but only members of the "mlocate" group may access it. "locate" is
- installed set-GID "mlocate", no other program should need to run with this GID.
-
- Portability
- ===========
- mlocate should be portable to all SUSv3-compliant UNIXes, although it is
- currently tested only on recent Linux distributions.
-
- Bugs
- ====
- Please consider reporting the bug to your distribution's bug tracking system.
-
- Otherwise, report bugs at https://fedorahosted.org/mlocate/ . Bug reports
- with patches are especially welcome.
-