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| author | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2001-02-15 15:26:52 +0000 |
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| committer | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2001-02-15 15:26:52 +0000 |
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diff --git a/appendixa/findutils-desc.sgml b/appendixa/findutils-desc.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index 4aaa829c4..000000000 --- a/appendixa/findutils-desc.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,61 +0,0 @@ -<sect2> -<title>Contents</title> - -<para> -The Findutils package contains the find, locate, updatedb and xargs -programs. -</para> - -</sect2> - -<sect2><title>Description</title> - -<sect3><title>Find</title> - -<para> -The find program searches for files in a directory hierarchy which match -a certain criteria. If no criteria is given, it lists all files in the -current directory and it's subdirectories. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>Locate</title> - -<para> -Locate scans a database which contain all files and directories on a -filesystem. This program lists the files and directories in this -database matching a certain criteria. If you're looking for a file this -program will scan the database and tell you exactly where the files you -requested are located. This only makes sense if your locate database is -fairly up-to-date else it will provide you with out-of-date information. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>Updatedb</title> - -<para> -The updatedb program updates the locate database. It scans the entire -file system (including other file system that are currently mounted -unless you specify it not to) and puts every directory and file it finds -into the database that's used by the locate program which retrieves this -information. It's a good practice to update this database once a day so -that you are ensured of a database that is up-to-date. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>Xargs</title> - -<para> -The xargs command applies a command to a list of files. If you need to -perform the same command on multiple files, you can create a file that -contains all these files (one per line) and use xargs to perform that -command on the list. -</para> - -</sect3> - -</sect2> - |