From b08f4096533577934b885fa9df41d3881d141612 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerard Beekmans Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 15:26:52 +0000 Subject: Initial XML commit git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@174 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- appendixa/findutils-desc.sgml | 61 ------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 61 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 appendixa/findutils-desc.sgml (limited to 'appendixa/findutils-desc.sgml') 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 @@ - -Contents - - -The Findutils package contains the find, locate, updatedb and xargs -programs. - - - - -Description - -Find - - -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. - - - - -Locate - - -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 This only makes sense if your locate database is -fairly up-to-date else it will provide you with out-of-date information. - - - - -Updatedb - - -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. - - - - -Xargs - - -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. - - - - - - -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf