-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Anne Wilson wrote: > I generally use locate to find a file, but I have /mnt/FC4root > and /mnt/FC4/home, and dozens of 'finds' are reported that are not relevant. > I'd like to use locate, telling it to ignore/mnt/FC4*, but nothing in the man > pages tells me that this is possible. > > Does anyone have a solution to searching while excluding large areas like > this? How about: locate whatyouseek | grep -v /mnt/FC4 hth ciao, furlan - -- Music: http://www.myspace.com/acidredux Links: http://del.icio.us/furlan Home: http://flprim.us/index.html "A sense of humor, properly developed, is superior to any religion so far devised." - -- Tom Robbins -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF2I6xbi10WxsICPgRAhXiAJ9+nW/YV/bfWOl2wW4Tqixl/Ux6xACgjlF3 29vF0nDS3dVPYQO5pb2MTI4= =gGQZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----