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Re: [cobalt-users] RAQ1 question about a file



On Wed, 06 Feb 2002, PowerClicks wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I would like to know what is the file named "locatedb" within in the
> /var/lib directory? It is getting HUGE, can I simply delete it?
> 

It is a database of all your files
It is updated as a cron job once a day.
You could delte it and stop the cron job
as long as you never want to use the command 
locate somefile

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