Find file

[Mumia W.]

On 08/29/2008 09:55 AM, buters wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to find a file in my system with "sudo find / -name file", but I
> can not. This is location of a database. With my database client I can
> access this database. How can I find, where it is located? I need it to db
> restart.
> 
> Thanks beforehand,
> best regards, buters.

What database software are you using? Mysql and Postgresql store their 
databases in formats that don't reveal the database names in their file 
names. Both Mysql and Postgresql will probably store their database 
files somewhere under /var, but you'll either need the respective DB 
clients or custom scripts if you need to fix databases themselves.

Why do you need to find the files containing your database?