M E Fieu wrote:
Hi.. I tried to look for a file in a linux box using both locate and find , when using find I can
find my file but locate cannot. However I found sometime locate will work when I look for other
file. what is the difference between locate and find ?
[root@wa html]# locate abc.pl
[root@wa html]# find / -name abc.pl -print
find: /proc/21829/fd: No such file or directory
/usr/local/abc/abc.pl
[root@wa html]#
locate uses a database that is refreshed periodically, whereas find does
a search on your live filesystem.
So locate is likely to be faster, but find will be more up to date.
Paul.
