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diff --git a/appendixa/findutils-desc.xml b/appendixa/findutils-desc.xml index 6152a3ce7..c65d63def 100644 --- a/appendixa/findutils-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/findutils-desc.xml @@ -28,26 +28,26 @@ using front-compression, which reduces the database size by a factor of 4 to 5.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>locate</title> -<para>locate scans a database which contain all files and directories on a +<para>locate scans a database which contains all files and directories on a filesystem. This program lists the files and directories in this database matching a certain criteria. If a user is looking for a file this program will scan the database and tell him exactly where the files he requested are located. This only makes sense if the locate database is -fairly up-to-date else it will provide out-of-date information.</para></sect4> +fairly up-to-date, else it will provide out-of-date information.</para></sect4> <sect4><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 +file system (including other file systems that are currently mounted unless it is told not to do so) and puts every directory and file it finds -into the database that's used by the locate program which retrieves this +into the database that's used by the locate program, which retrieves this information. It's good practice to update this database once a day to have it up-to-date whenever it is needed.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>xargs</title> <para>The xargs command applies a command to a list of files. If there is -a need to perform the same command on multiple files, a file can be created -that contains all these files (one per line) and use xargs to perform that -command on the list.</para></sect4> +a need to perform the same command on multiple files, a list can be created +that names all those files (one per line) and xargs can perform that +command on those files.</para></sect4> </sect3> |