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mlocate: mlocate (locate/updatedb implementation)
mlocate:
mlocate: mlocate is a locate/updatedb implementation. It keeps a database
mlocate: of all existing files and allows you to lookup files by name. The
mlocate: 'm' stands for "merging": updatedb reuses the existing database
mlocate: to avoid rereading most of the file system, which makes updatedb
mlocate: faster and does not trash the system caches as much as traditional
mlocate: locate implementations.
mlocate:
mlocate: This conflicts with Slackware 14.2's slocate package. See README
mlocate: for details.