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Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 11:11:08 +0200
From: Jens Schuessler <jgs AT trash DOT net>
To: Cygwin Mailing List <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: locate: /usr/var/locatedb: No such file or directory
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* Alex Vinokur <alexv AT scopus DOT 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

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