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Hi, i'm looking for a tool that is basically like "locate" except something that is always monitoring the file system for changes, so it's always up to date.
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- 01-05-2009 #1Just Joined!
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Looking for linux search tool
Hi, i'm looking for a tool that is basically like "locate" except something that is always monitoring the file system for changes, so it's always up to date.
There is a program called "everything" for windows, found at Everything Search Engine It does exactly this, a search tool that runs off a database instead of actually searching the filesystem everytime, and is always up to date because it monitors changes.
Anyone know of something for linux?
- 01-05-2009 #2Linux Guru
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As far as I know, Beagle has the functionality you're looking for.
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- 01-05-2009 #3Trusted Penguin
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I don't know of anything like that but it's easy enough to get up to date info when doing a search. From the command line:
Then:Code:updatedb
Code:locate what_you_want_to_find
- 01-05-2009 #4forum.guy
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rlocate might do what you want:
SourceForge.net: rlocateoz
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