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August 19th, 2002, 07:23 AM
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How search works
Hi all,
I have a small querry in linux, How search (either find or locate) works. I would like to know the process behind when we search a particular file or for a particular pattern. Is there some thing like Index server concept in Linux. Anticipating a quick reply from your side. cheers sudheer
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August 19th, 2002, 12:30 PM
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the is the "locate" function of which the database is updated usually once per day.
then there is the "find" command, but it does not use any own index, but just searches the whole filesystem. the speed while searching the filesystem depends on your ram (=cache for linux) and how effective the filesystem directory structure is layed out for searching. afaik ext2 is quite bad  .also see "man find" and "man locate".
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