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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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%general-entities;
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]>
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<sect1 id="ch-system-findutils" role="wrap">
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<?dbhtml filename="findutils.html"?>
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<sect1info condition="script">
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<productname>findutils</productname>
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<productnumber>&findutils-version;</productnumber>
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<address>&findutils-url;</address>
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</sect1info>
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<title>Findutils-&findutils-version;</title>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils">
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<primary sortas="a-Findutils">Findutils</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<sect2 role="package">
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<title/>
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<para>The Findutils package contains programs to find files. These programs
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are provided to recursively search through a directory tree and to
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create, maintain, and search a database (often faster than the recursive
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find, but is unreliable if the database has not been recently updated).</para>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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<seglistitem>
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<seg>&findutils-fin-sbu;</seg>
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<seg>&findutils-fin-du;</seg>
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</seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="installation">
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<title>Installation of Findutils</title>
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<para>Prepare Findutils for compilation:</para>
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<screen><userinput remap="configure">case $(uname -m) in
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i?86) TIME_T_32_BIT_OK=yes ./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var/lib/locate ;;
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x86_64) ./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var/lib/locate ;;
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esac</userinput></screen>
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<variablelist>
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<title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><parameter>--localstatedir</parameter></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This option changes the location of the <command>locate</command>
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database to be in <filename class="directory">/var/lib/locate</filename>,
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which is FHS-compliant.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>Compile the package:</para>
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<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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<para>To test the results, issue:</para>
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<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv tester .
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su tester -c "PATH=$PATH make check"</userinput></screen>
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<para>Install the package:</para>
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<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="contents-findutils" role="content">
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<title>Contents of Findutils</title>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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<segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
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<seglistitem>
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<seg>find, locate, updatedb, and xargs</seg>
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<seg>/var/lib/locate</seg>
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</seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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<variablelist>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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<varlistentry id="find">
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<term><command>find</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Searches given directory trees for files matching the specified
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criteria</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils find">
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<primary sortas="b-find">find</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="locate">
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<term><command>locate</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Searches through a database of file names and reports the names
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that contain a given string or match a given pattern</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils locate">
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<primary sortas="b-locate">locate</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="updatedb">
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<term><command>updatedb</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Updates the <command>locate</command> database; it scans the
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entire file system (including other file systems that are currently
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mounted, unless told not to) and puts every file name it finds into
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the database</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils updatedb">
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<primary sortas="b-updatedb">updatedb</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="xargs">
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<term><command>xargs</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Can be used to apply a given command to a list of files</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils xargs">
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<primary sortas="b-xargs">xargs</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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