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bluesdog
12-14-2007, 04:03 AM
Command to update the slocate database may result in the following:
# updatedb
updatedb: fatal error: load_file: Could not open file: /etc/updatedb.conf: No su
ch file or directoryFix is: # touch /etc/updatedb.conf

danieldk
12-14-2007, 07:59 AM
Or remove locate/slocate, which is probably one of the most useless tools anyway ;).

bluesdog
12-14-2007, 07:30 PM
:biggrin:

It appears not to be installed on my recent boxen, only the one which started out life as Libranet.

I will forthwith remove the useless thing!