Odd locate behavior

Karl Auer kauer at biplane.com.au
Mon Sep 16 02:30:15 UTC 2024


On Sun, 2024-09-15 at 18:19 -0700, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> The locate command (which apparently is now plocate) does not work on
> any file in my home Music directory. It finds every other place I
> have a music file stored, but nothing in my ~/Music shows up.

Generic advice only: Usually there is a configuration file for such
utilities where you can e.g. exclude /dev and suchlike trees from the
search. Also, such utilities often skip network attached drives - is
your Music directory perchance a mounted drive?

Let us know when you find out!

Regards, K.

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