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Rewrite updatedb + locate with fd? #1573

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ylluminate opened this issue Jun 12, 2024 · 1 comment
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Rewrite updatedb + locate with fd? #1573

ylluminate opened this issue Jun 12, 2024 · 1 comment
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Due to incredible speed increase compared to find, has anyone considered rewriting the updatedb system for locate with fd? It seems that it would be incredibly more effective for system indexing - especially for large filesystems with many small files.
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Are you aware of plocate?

https://plocate.sesse.net

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