Re: [cobalt-users] Shutting down the Qube

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dom Latter wrote:

> > # find / -name shutdown
> 
> Bzzt!  "locate shutdown | less"
> 
> "locate" works on a compiled database of filenames, and so is quick and
> neither CPU nor disk intensive.  "find" will actually search the disk
> in real time.

We won't argue, but the find command only finds files named "shutdown"
file the locate command locates files with shutdown in the name. 
Depending on what you're looking for, that could result in a longer list
to go through.

I also prefer find because it tells me the status of the disk now, as
opposed to what it was the last time the database was created.

That said, of course locate works as well.

Jeff
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