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diff --git a/source/a/mlocate/slack-desc b/source/a/mlocate/slack-desc new file mode 100644 index 000000000..37120724d --- /dev/null +++ b/source/a/mlocate/slack-desc @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: +# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line +# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on +# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make +# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to +# leave one space after the ':'. + + |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| +mlocate: mlocate (locate/updatedb implementation) +mlocate: +mlocate: mlocate is a locate/updatedb implementation. It keeps a database of +mlocate: all existing files and allows you to lookup files by name. The 'm' +mlocate: stands for "merging": updatedb reuses the existing database to avoid +mlocate: rereading most of the file system, which makes updatedb faster and +mlocate: does not trash the system caches as much as traditional locate +mlocate: implementations. The locate(1) utility is intended to be completely +mlocate: compatible to slocate. It also attempts to be compatible to GNU +mlocate: locate, when it does not conflict with slocate compatibility. +mlocate: |