updatedb/locate on OS X

0 Comments Published December 10th, 2008 in Linux, OS X, Programming

To update the locate database on OS X, you need to run locate.updatedb instead of the regular updatedb :

> sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb

You’ll probably get the following warning :

>>> WARNING
>>> Executing updatedb as root.  This WILL reveal all filenames
>>> on your machine to all login users, which is a security risk.

which you can listen to or ignore as you see fit :)

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