mirror of https://github.com/tLDP/LDP
25 lines
503 B
Bash
25 lines
503 B
Bash
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#!/bin/bash
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if [ -z "$1" ]
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then
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echo "Usage: `basename $0` find-string"
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exit 65
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fi
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echo "Updating 'locate' database..."
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echo "This may take a while."
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updatedb /usr &
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# Must be run as root.
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wait
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# Don't run the rest of the script until 'updatedb' finished.
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# You want the the database updated before looking up the file name.
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locate $1
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# Lacking the wait command, in the worse case scenario,
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# the script would exit while 'updatedb' was still running,
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# leaving it as an orphan process.
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exit 0
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