RE: [cobalt-users] locate corrupt database

["Jim Carey" <ozbcoz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michiel sent:
>
>
> Are you trying as root or as another user. Maybe the user does not have
> read permissions on the database.
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> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----

> error is similar to:
>
>  [root@web cron.daily]# locate something
> locate: decode_db() aborted. Corrupt database?
>
> should I delete the database and then run the slocate.cron script ? - if
> so
> what file should I delete ?

as root - sometimes it gives a few lines of where it finds the info and then
dies, sometimes it dies straight away - it is the more recent additions to
the filesystem that are not showing. I had a partition full earlier and that
could have caused it (?) - plenty of space now - but need to re-create that
database wherever it is

Jim Carey
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