How to find files?

[alquimista]

Hi,

I'm using Kubuntu 7.10; I was looking at a post (http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=7869.0) to set up KMobileTools. It suggests to initiate kbluz utils: /etc/init.d/bluez-utils start

I have bluez-utils installed (as I see in Adept), yet on my PC, is not in that directory (/etc/init.d/). Is there a search file utility in Kubuntu (like it is in Win) to locate files in the system?

Thank you,

Guillermo

[Nomad]

Re: How to find files?

To find files made by apt packages, open Adept, find the package and click Details. Then, under the Installed files tab, is a list of all files made by this package. The procedure in Synaptic in quite similar.

I installed the package just to see the files and the only file in /etc/init.d is bluetooth, so maybe try /etc/init.d/bluetooth instead. The readme and other doc files are in /usr/share/docs/bluez-utils.

For searching other files, there's that Strigi thing that I uninstalled because it takes a lot of resources. It should be in the K menu.

[sluckz]

Re: How to find files?

i really like "locate" it is fast

DESCRIPTION

The locate program searches a database for all pathnames which match the
specified pattern. The database is recomputed periodically (usually
weekly or daily), and contains the pathnames of all files which are pub-
licly accessible.

and thats why its fast your just querying a databse.
i guess the problem with it is you have to actually make the database
cd / sudo updatedb (not sure if the cd to root is necessary) and it has to be updated with locate.updatedb

for me though i still use it cause it is SOOOO FAST. and you can use catfish as a gui/frontend too

[GS2]

Re: How to find files?

or the shell command 'find' perhaps

just type 'man find' in the shell (konsole)

[alquimista]

Re: How to find files?

Thank you !