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3.6 KiB
<sect1 id="locate">
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<title>Locate &GUI; Frontend</title>
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<indexterm>
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<primary>Locate</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<para>&krusader; has a &GUI; front end for
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the
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<command>locate</command> command (findutils). Locate is used for
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fast file searching not from a directory but a database. The
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package contains two files,
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<command>locate</command> and
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<command>updatedb</command>. Updatedb goes through the local
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file system and stores the file entries in the database.
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<command>cron</command> often calls
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<command>updatedb</command> every night (set with Kcron). Choose
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<emphasis role="bold">
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Commands</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Locate</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</emphasis>or
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;
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<keycap>L</keycap></keycombo> to start this feature.
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<link linkend="konfig-advanced">Konfigurator</link> can set
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additional arguments for
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<command>updatedb</command>.</para>
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<para>Checkbox Options
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Show only the existing files</guilabel>: if the
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database contains entries which no longer exist any more
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(deleted, moved since the last
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<command>updatedb</command>),
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<command>locate</command> does not list them. It checks the
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existence of each file before the listing in the results
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window (slow).</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Case Sensitive</guilabel>: unchecking it allows
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lower and upper case search.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist></para>
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<para>Action buttons
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>Locate</guibutton>: executes
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<command>locate
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<replaceable>foo foo</replaceable></command> and places its
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output into the results window.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>Stop</guibutton>: stops the locating
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process.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>UpdateDB</guibutton>: starts
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<command>updatedb</command> for updating the locate database
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after entering the root password.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guibutton>Close</guibutton>: closes the locate
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window.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist></para>
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<para>Results window
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Double-click on an item: steps to its directory, makes
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the item visible and closes the locate dialog.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Right click: edits/views/finds the menu.
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<keycap>F3</keycap>: views the current item.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<keycap>F4</keycap>: edits the current item.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;
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<keycap>f</keycap></keycombo>: finds files in the results
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window.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;
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<keycap>n</keycap></keycombo>: shows the next search
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result.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;
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<keycap>p</keycap></keycombo>: shows the previous search
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result.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The results window supports dragging items to other windows
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and copy to clipboard (<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>c</keycap></keycombo>).</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist></para>
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</sect1>
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