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Explore Stack Internal I have created mlocate database with the contents of a particular folder. I see that the updatebdupdatedb doesn't include the path pointed by the symbolic links in the database.
How can I include the path pointed by the symbolic links in the database?
Surprisingly: mlocate has a default option -L or --follow that follows trailing symbolic links when checking file existence (default).
What purpose does it serves when updatedb doesn't include symlinks!
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I have created mlocate database with the contents of a particular folder. I see that the updatebd doesn't include the path pointed by the symbolic links in the database.
How can I include the path pointed by the symbolic links in the database?
Surprisingly: mlocate has a default option -L or --follow that follows trailing symbolic links when checking file existence (default).
What purpose does it serves when updatedb doesn't include symlinks!
Refer:
I have created mlocate database with the contents of a particular folder. I see that the updatedb doesn't include the path pointed by the symbolic links in the database.
How can I include the path pointed by the symbolic links in the database?
Surprisingly: mlocate has a default option -L or --follow that follows trailing symbolic links when checking file existence (default).
What purpose does it serves when updatedb doesn't include symlinks!
References:
I have created mlocate database with the contents of a particular folder. I see that the updatebd doesn't include the path pointed by the symbolic links in the database.
How can I include the path pointed by the symbolic links in the database?
Surprisingly: mlocate has a default option -L or --follow that follows trailing symbolic links when checking file existence (default).
What purpose does it serves when updatedb doesn't include symlinks!
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