using Locate

[zedan85]

I was going over this article in which the author used locate.
I wanted to know is there anyway to make locate only search in the current directory
>> locate ./ "*zip*"
and frankly the results that get displayed do not have zip in them .
How do i make locate only search the current directory ??

[jayd512]

To be honest, you might have more luck using find.

man find

[zedan85]

I know i am even more familiar and comfortable with find. I wonder why do people even use "locate" other than the fact that its a bit faster however having a serious downside o being inaccurate sometimes. So does this mean locate cant be customized to search in a particular directory ?? I cant seem to find anything on the internet in this regard..

[jayd512]

locate is useful specifically because it will hunt down a file anywhere in your filesystem. It does this by reading a database created by updatedb. I know that's not news to you... it's mentioned in the man page for locate.
But I don't think you can use different search options with locate. This is by design.