On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Edward Norton wrote 
> On 9/14/06, Josef Lowder wrote: 
> > Is it possible (I assume it is) and how would it be done (what syntax) 
> > to use 'updatedb' to build a separate list of files on a second (or 
> > third) partition so files could be searched for on those partitions? 
> 
> slocate -U  /mnt/partition -o /path/to/new/db 
> Then to search that partition, `slocate -d /path/to/new/database searchstring`

Thanks very much Edward! 

It's so impressive when things like this can be accomplished with 
such a simple, efficient command-string.  GUI will never equal it. 

Joe 


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