About
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mlocate is a locate/updatedb implementation.  The 'm' stands for "merging":
updatedb reuses the existing database to avoid rereading most of the file
system, which makes updatedb faster and does not trash the system caches as
much.

The locate(1) utility is intended to be completely compatible to slocate.  It
also attempts to be compatible to GNU locate, when it does not conflict with
slocate compatibility.

Installation
============
Before installation it is necessary to create a group called "mlocate" to allow
hiding the contents of the database from users.

When updatedb is run by root, the database contains names of files of all
users, but only members of the "mlocate" group may access it.  "locate" is
installed set-GID "mlocate", no other program should need to run with this GID.

Portability
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mlocate uses GNU error reporting, FNM_CASEFOLD, getopt_long () and obstack
facilities.  This functionality is available in GNU libc or in gnulib.

Bugs
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Please report bugs to <mitr@redhat.com>.  Bug reports with patches are
especially welcome.
