source: BOOK/final-system/multilib/findutils.xml@ dad800f

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<sect1 id="ch-system-findutils" role="wrap">
  <?dbhtml filename="findutils.html"?>

  <title>Findutils-&findutils-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils">
    <primary sortas="a-Findutils">Findutils</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
  href="../common/findutils.xml"
  xpointer="xpointer(//*[@role='package'])"/>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Findutils</title>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
    href="../common/findutils.xml"
    xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='a'])"/>

<screen os="b"><userinput>CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" ./configure --prefix=/usr \
    --libexecdir=/usr/lib64/locate --localstatedir=/var/lib64/locate</userinput></screen>

    <variablelist os="c">
      <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--localstatedir</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This option changes the location of the <command>locate</command>
          database to be in <filename class="directory">/var/lib64/locate</filename>,
          which is FHS-compliant.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
    href="../common/findutils.xml"
    xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='d'])"/>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
    href="../common/findutils.xml"
    xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='e'])"/>

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    href="../common/findutils.xml"
    xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='f'])"/>

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    href="../common/findutils.xml"
    xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='f2'])"/>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
    href="../common/findutils.xml"
    xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='g'])"/>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
    href="../common/findutils.xml"
    xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='h'])"/>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-findutils" role="content">
    <title>Contents of Findutils</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>bigram, code, find, frcode, locate, updatedb, and xargs</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="bigram">
        <term><command>bigram</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Was formerly used to produce <command>locate</command>
          databases</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils bigram">
            <primary sortas="b-bigram">bigram</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="code">
        <term><command>code</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Was formerly used to produce <command>locate</command>
          databases; it is the ancestor of <command>frcode</command>.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils code">
            <primary sortas="b-code">code</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="find">
        <term><command>find</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Searches given directory trees for files matching the specified
          criteria</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils find">
            <primary sortas="b-find">find</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="frcode">
        <term><command>frcode</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Is called by <command>updatedb</command> to compress the list
          of file names; it uses front-compression, reducing the database size
          by a factor of four to five.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils frcode">
            <primary sortas="b-frcode">frcode</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="locate">
        <term><command>locate</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Searches through a database of file names and reports the names
          that contain a given string or match a given pattern</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils locate">
            <primary sortas="b-locate">locate</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="updatedb">
        <term><command>updatedb</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Updates the <command>locate</command> database; it scans the
          entire file system (including other file systems that are currently
          mounted, unless told not to) and puts every file name it finds into
          the database</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils updatedb">
            <primary sortas="b-updatedb">updatedb</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xargs">
        <term><command>xargs</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Can be used to apply a given command to a list of files</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils xargs">
            <primary sortas="b-xargs">xargs</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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