mlocate: mlocate (locate/updatedb implementation) mlocate: mlocate: mlocate is a locate/updatedb implementation. It keeps a database of mlocate: all existing files and allows you to lookup files by name. The 'm' mlocate: stands for "merging": updatedb reuses the existing database to avoid mlocate: rereading most of the file system, which makes updatedb faster and mlocate: does not trash the system caches as much as traditional locate mlocate: implementations. The locate(1) utility is intended to be completely mlocate: compatible to slocate. It also attempts to be compatible to GNU mlocate: locate, when it does not conflict with slocate compatibility. mlocate: