8.57. Findutils-4.9.0

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# 8.57. Findutils-4.9.0

The Findutils package contains programs to find files. These programs are provided to recursively search through a directory tree and to create, maintain, and search a database (often faster than the recursive find, but is unreliable if the database has not been recently updated).

Approximate build time: 0.9 SBU
Required disk space: 51 MB

## 8.57.1. Installation of Findutils

Prepare Findutils for compilation:

    case $(uname -m) in
        i?86)   TIME_T_32_BIT_OK=yes ./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var/lib/locate ;;
        x86_64) ./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var/lib/locate ;;
    esac

The meaning of the configure options:

TIME_32_BIT_OK=yes

  This setting is needed for building on a 32 bit system.

`--localstatedir`

  This option changes the location of the locate database to be in `/var/lib/locate`, which is FHS-compliant.

Compile the package:

    make

To test the results, issue:

    chown -Rv tester .
    su tester -c "PATH=$PATH make check"

Install the package:

    make install

## 8.57.2. Contents of Findutils

Installed programs: find, locate, updatedb, and xargs
Installed directory: /var/lib/locate

### Short Descriptions

find | Searches given directory trees for files matching the specified criteria
locate | Searches through a database of file names and reports the names that contain a given string or match a given pattern
updatedb | Updates the locate database; it scans the entire file system (including other file systems that are currently mounted, unless told not to) and puts every file name it finds into the database
xargs | Can be used to apply a given command to a list of files

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