locate not finding files

[Tim Frost]

On Thu, 2007-12-27 at 23:00 -0600, Christopher Lemire wrote:
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> Why does locate not find files in my other partition that other
> applications can find. I haven't tried Beagle yet.
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> chris at ubuntu:~/sauerbraten experiement$ sudo updatedb 
> [sudo] password for chris:
> chris at ubuntu:~/sauerbraten experiement$ locate -i prorat
> chris at ubuntu:~/sauerbraten experiement$ find /media/sdb2/ -iname
> '*prorat*'
> /media/sdb2/ProRat_v1.9
> /media/sdb2/ProRat_v1.9/ProRat.exe 
> chris at ubuntu:~/sauerbraten experiement$ 
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/media is explicitly ignored in the default configuration (it is listed
in the PRUNEPATHS variable in /etc/updatedb.conf, and find will not
search directories listed in that variable).


/media is mostly used for CD/DVD/floppy devices that are not permanently
mounted.  You may be best advised to move the mount point for sdb2 to
somewhere other than /media (/disks/sdb2 for instance)


Tim