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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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| 7 |
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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-findutils" role="wrap">
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="findutils.html"?>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <sect1info condition="script">
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| 12 | <productname>findutils</productname>
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| 13 | <productnumber>&findutils-version;</productnumber>
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| 14 | <address>&findutils-url;</address>
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| 15 | </sect1info>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <title>Findutils-&findutils-version;</title>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils">
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| 20 | <primary sortas="a-Findutils">Findutils</primary>
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| 21 | </indexterm>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 24 | <title/>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <para>The Findutils package contains programs to find files. These programs
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| 27 | are provided to recursively search through a directory tree and to
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| 28 | create, maintain, and search a database (often faster than the recursive
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[bc8cca5] | 29 | find, but is unreliable if the database has not been recently updated).</para>
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[fcc02767] | 30 |
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| 31 | <segmentedlist>
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| 32 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 33 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <seglistitem>
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[fb386e0] | 36 | <seg>&findutils-fin-sbu;</seg>
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| 37 | <seg>&findutils-fin-du;</seg>
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[fcc02767] | 38 | </seglistitem>
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| 39 | </segmentedlist>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | </sect2>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 44 | <title>Installation of Findutils</title>
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| 45 |
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| 46 | <para>Prepare Findutils for compilation:</para>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var/lib/locate</userinput></screen>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | <variablelist>
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| 51 | <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
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| 52 |
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| 53 | <varlistentry>
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| 54 | <term><parameter>--localstatedir</parameter></term>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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| 56 | <para>This option changes the location of the <command>locate</command>
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| 57 | database to be in <filename class="directory">/var/lib/locate</filename>,
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| 58 | which is FHS-compliant.</para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | </varlistentry>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | </variablelist>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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| 67 |
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| 68 | <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
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| 69 |
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| 70 | <screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv tester .
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| 71 | su tester -c "PATH=$PATH make check"</userinput></screen>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | </sect2>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <sect2 id="contents-findutils" role="content">
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| 80 | <title>Contents of Findutils</title>
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| 81 |
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| 82 | <segmentedlist>
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| 83 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 84 | <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <seglistitem>
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| 87 | <seg>find, locate, updatedb, and xargs</seg>
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| 88 | <seg>/var/lib/locate</seg>
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| 89 | </seglistitem>
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| 90 |
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| 91 | </segmentedlist>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | <variablelist>
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| 94 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 95 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 96 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <varlistentry id="find">
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| 99 | <term><command>find</command></term>
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| 100 | <listitem>
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| 101 | <para>Searches given directory trees for files matching the specified
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| 102 | criteria</para>
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| 103 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils find">
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| 104 | <primary sortas="b-find">find</primary>
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| 105 | </indexterm>
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| 106 | </listitem>
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| 107 | </varlistentry>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <varlistentry id="locate">
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| 110 | <term><command>locate</command></term>
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| 111 | <listitem>
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| 112 | <para>Searches through a database of file names and reports the names
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| 113 | that contain a given string or match a given pattern</para>
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| 114 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils locate">
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| 115 | <primary sortas="b-locate">locate</primary>
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| 116 | </indexterm>
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| 117 | </listitem>
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| 118 | </varlistentry>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <varlistentry id="updatedb">
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| 121 | <term><command>updatedb</command></term>
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| 122 | <listitem>
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| 123 | <para>Updates the <command>locate</command> database; it scans the
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| 124 | entire file system (including other file systems that are currently
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| 125 | mounted, unless told not to) and puts every file name it finds into
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| 126 | the database</para>
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| 127 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils updatedb">
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| 128 | <primary sortas="b-updatedb">updatedb</primary>
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| 129 | </indexterm>
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| 130 | </listitem>
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| 131 | </varlistentry>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <varlistentry id="xargs">
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| 134 | <term><command>xargs</command></term>
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| 135 | <listitem>
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| 136 | <para>Can be used to apply a given command to a list of files</para>
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| 137 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils xargs">
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| 138 | <primary sortas="b-xargs">xargs</primary>
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| 139 | </indexterm>
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| 140 | </listitem>
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| 141 | </varlistentry>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | </variablelist>
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| 144 |
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| 145 | </sect2>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | </sect1>
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