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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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29 | find, but is unreliable if the database has not been recently updated).</para>
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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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36 | <seg>&findutils-fin-sbu;</seg>
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37 | <seg>&findutils-fin-du;</seg>
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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=$PATH make check"</userinput></screen>
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72 |
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73 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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74 |
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75 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
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76 |
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77 | <para revision="sysv">Some of the scripts in the LFS-Bootscripts package
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78 | depend on <command>find</command>. As <filename
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79 | class="directory">/usr</filename> may not be available during the early
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80 | stages of booting, this program needs to be on the root partition. The
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81 | <command>updatedb</command> script also needs to be modified to correct an
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82 | explicit path:</para>
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83 |
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84 | <para revision="systemd"> Some packages in BLFS and beyond expect the
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85 | <command>find</command> program in <filename
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86 | class="directory">/bin</filename>, so make sure it's placed there:</para>
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87 |
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88 | <screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v /usr/bin/find /bin
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89 | sed -i 's|find:=${BINDIR}|find:=/bin|' /usr/bin/updatedb</userinput></screen>
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90 |
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91 | </sect2>
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92 |
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93 | <sect2 id="contents-findutils" role="content">
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94 | <title>Contents of Findutils</title>
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95 |
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96 | <segmentedlist>
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97 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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98 | <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
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99 |
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100 | <seglistitem>
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101 | <seg>find, locate, updatedb, and xargs</seg>
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102 | <seg>/var/lib/locate</seg>
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103 | </seglistitem>
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104 |
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105 | </segmentedlist>
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106 |
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107 | <variablelist>
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108 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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109 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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110 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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111 |
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112 | <varlistentry id="find">
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113 | <term><command>find</command></term>
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114 | <listitem>
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115 | <para>Searches given directory trees for files matching the specified
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116 | criteria</para>
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117 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils find">
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118 | <primary sortas="b-find">find</primary>
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119 | </indexterm>
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120 | </listitem>
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121 | </varlistentry>
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122 |
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123 | <varlistentry id="locate">
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124 | <term><command>locate</command></term>
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125 | <listitem>
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126 | <para>Searches through a database of file names and reports the names
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127 | that contain a given string or match a given pattern</para>
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128 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils locate">
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129 | <primary sortas="b-locate">locate</primary>
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130 | </indexterm>
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131 | </listitem>
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132 | </varlistentry>
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133 |
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134 | <varlistentry id="updatedb">
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135 | <term><command>updatedb</command></term>
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136 | <listitem>
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137 | <para>Updates the <command>locate</command> database; it scans the
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138 | entire file system (including other file systems that are currently
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139 | mounted, unless told not to) and puts every file name it finds into
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140 | the database</para>
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141 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils updatedb">
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142 | <primary sortas="b-updatedb">updatedb</primary>
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143 | </indexterm>
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144 | </listitem>
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145 | </varlistentry>
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146 |
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147 | <varlistentry id="xargs">
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148 | <term><command>xargs</command></term>
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149 | <listitem>
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150 | <para>Can be used to apply a given command to a list of files</para>
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151 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils xargs">
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152 | <primary sortas="b-xargs">xargs</primary>
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153 | </indexterm>
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154 | </listitem>
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155 | </varlistentry>
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156 |
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157 | </variablelist>
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158 |
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159 | </sect2>
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160 |
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161 | </sect1>
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