Are the files in a protected directory? Locate can only find files that are
normally accessable.
Also: locate uses a nightly updated database. Unlike find which just
traverses the file system here and now, locate uses a "snapshot" from its last
db update. Changes (files added/deleted) since that are not taken into
account.
If that is not the case, check to see if the db was actually updated and/or if
the locate cron job is still set up. Check for:
/etc/cron.daily/mlocate
and check:
/etc/updatedb.conf
At Fri, 13 May 2022 18:37:54 -0700 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> I'm running Xubuntu 22.04 upgraded from 21.10. The most recent
> updated to locate fails to find a number of files I have in a fairly
> well-known location. Also, the man page for locate talks about
> placate and there is no man page for locate AFAICT.
>
> What happened?
>
> FTR, placate also can't find the files.
>
> I did just run the software updater, but I wouldn't think the kernel
> would mess this up.
>
> Any clues?
>
> Here's what happens:
>
> 18:19 [admar at marbase:~/Downloads] $ locate ImprovicusM
> 18:23 [admar at marbase:~/Downloads] $ locate Improvicus
> /home/admar/Documents/ImprovicusCommentsonSpeechesK1017.odt
> /home/admar/Documents/toastmasters/ImprovicusCharterApp-Mark.pdf
> /home/admar/Documents/toastmasters/ImprovicusCharterApp-Patricia.pdf
> /home/admar/Documents/toastmasters/ImprovicusCharterApp.pdf
> /home/admar/Documents/toastmasters/ImprovicusCharterMember-Page-2.pdf
> /home/admar/Documents/toastmasters/ImprovicusCharterMemberApp-Mark-1.pdf
> /home/admar/Documents/toastmasters/ImprovicusCharterMemberApp-Patricia-1.pdf
> /home/admar/Documents/toastmasters/ImprovicusCharterMemberApplication.pdf
> /home/admar/Documents/toastmasters/ImprovicusL0814.flac
> /home/admar/Documents/toastmasters/ImprovicusLists.odt
> /home/admar/Documents/toastmasters/TableTopicsTipsImprovicus07-25-20.pptx
> 18:23 [admar at marbase:~/Downloads] $ ls /htera/Videos/Improvicus/
> chat-M0507-Improvicus.txt* ImprovicusL1106.mp4 ImprovicusM0409.mp4
> chats-all.zip ImprovicusL1113.mp4 ImprovicusM0409-screenshot.jpg
> ImprovicusL0703.flac ImprovicusL1120.mp4 ImprovicusM0423.mp4
> ImprovicusL0710.flac ImprovicusL1204.mp4 ImprovicusM0430.mp4
> ImprovicusL0717.flac ImprovicusL1211.mp4 ImprovicusM0507.mp4
> ImprovicusL0724.flac ImprovicusL1218.mp4 ImprovicusM0821-01.png
> ImprovicusL0731.mp4 ImprovicusLists.odt ImprovicusM0821-02.png
> ImprovicusL0807.flac ImprovicusM0108.mp4 ImprovicusM0821-03.png
> ImprovicusL0821.flac ImprovicusM0121.mp4 ImprovicusM0821-04.png
> ImprovicusL0904.flac ImprovicusM0129.mp4 ImprovicusNewsletter1.ott
> ImprovicusL0904.mp4 ImprovicusM0205.mp4 ImprovicusNewsletter.ott
> ImprovicusL0911.flac ImprovicusM0212.mp4 ImprovicusNewsletterTemplate.odt
> ImprovicusL0911.mp4 ImprovicusM0219.mp4 Improvicus-OfficerMeet_7-31-21.flac
> ImprovicusL0918.mp4 ImprovicusM0226.mp4 Improvicus-OfficersMeetAgenda.pdf
> ImprovicusL0925.mp4 ImprovicusM0305.mp4 ImprovicusWarmUps.docx
> ImprovicusL1002.mp4 ImprovicusM0312.mp4
> ImprovicusL1009.mp4 ImprovicusM0319.mp4
> ImprovicusL1016.mp4 ImprovicusM0326.mp4
> ImprovicusL1023.mp4 ImprovicusM0402.mp4
>
> (I redacted a couple of files, but they don't contain the pattern.)
>
> Mark
>
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