RealPlayer

Peter Garrett peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au
Mon Sep 25 08:26:22 UTC 2006


On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 03:09:58 -0500
"Cybe R. Wizard" <cybe_r_wizard at earthlink.net> wrote:

> > I tried using the command line, "locate real", to find it, but it 
> > doesn't show up in the results. Why is that?
> 
> Because you just installed it and the 'locate' database isn't yet
> updated.  At the CLI run "locatedb" (without the quotes) to update it

I think that should be " sudo updatedb"  - I have no "locatedb" command
here...

> or just wait for a cron job to do the deed.  Tomorrow should be long
> enough if you don't shut your box down for the night.

Yes, updatedb is run in cron daily, which usually runs in the early hours
of the morning, by default.

Peter




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