Re: Locate Vs Find

Stephen Samuel
2004-12-02T05:07:51Z

Locate only finds files by looking up the name in a database.
Once a day it regenerates the database.

If you're just looking for a filename, and you don't mind it being
anywhere up to 24 hours old (sometimes more, but rarely), then
ocate is a FAR faster way to do things.

Find, on the other hand can do WAY more tests than just
the filename, and it can do way more things with a file it
finds than just print it. The find command syntax is
actually a primative programming language. and you can
take actions based on the file type file syatem type
mtime, ctime atime file size, owner etc. etc.

Most, recent, versions of find can even tar up certain
matched files.

'Man find` for nore info on what find is capable of.

Ankit Jain wrote:
> Which is more efficient? /if both perform the same
> work and are not different then why shoudl we have 2 ?

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