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