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

[Jay Summers <jay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>> 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?
>>> 
>> If you want you can delete it, however you won't have locate-functionality
>> anymore, unless you recreate the database (for example with `updatedb').
>> The db contains information about where files are on your system,
>> for example when you're looking for a file named bar, you could type
>> in `locate bar' and it tells you where to find it in the form of:
>> 
>> /foo/bar
>> /here/there/is/also/something/that/matched/your/locate/on/.abar
> 
> You could copy it over to /home and put a symlink to it in /var/lib. That
> way it would be filling up you /var.

Whoops, I meant it _would not_ be filling up your /var.

Doh!
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