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From: Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 15:26:52 +0000
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+<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+fairly up-to-date else it will provide you with out-of-date information.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>
+
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