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diff --git a/appendixa/findutils-desc.xml b/appendixa/findutils-desc.xml index 033ca86cb..8398d5972 100644 --- a/appendixa/findutils-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/findutils-desc.xml @@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ a certain criteria. If no criteria is given, it lists all files in the current directory and its subdirectories.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>frcode</title> -<para>updatedb runs a program called frcode to compress the list of file names +<para>frcode is called by updatedb to compress the list of file names 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 contain 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 |