[SWLUG] locate on a windows disk

[Glenn Booth]

Hi,

On 04/01/2008, Neil Jones <neil at nwjones.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> How do I set up the locate database so that it includes files on my
> windows disk.
>
> It is a nuisance not being able to find things easily.


It's been a while, but running

slocate -u

while the Windows partition is mounted should create a new database,
starting at / .

More info here:

http://linux.about.com/library/cmd/blcmdl1_slocate.htm

Hope this helps,

Regards,

Glenn.
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