locate: /usr/var/locatedb: No such file or directory

[Jens Schuessler]

* Alex Vinokur <alexv@scopus.net> [29-07-02 10:03]:
> 
> $ locale ls
> locate: /usr/var/locatedb: No such file or directory
> 
> What do I have to do in order to use locate ?

This worked for me:
ln -s /var/lib/locate/locatedb /usr/var/locatedb
updatedb

HTH
Jens

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Bug reporting:         http://cygwin.com/bugs.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/