[PLUG] Pine Question...

Percival, Ray Ray.Percival at summit.fiserv.com
Mon Nov 4 21:24:12 UTC 2002


You should also be able to install fetchmailconf which when ran will create said file. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Tyler F. Creelan 
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 1:25 PM
To: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Pine Question...


>   The locate command works off the 'whereis' command and is updated daily

How is 'locate' related to whereis? I thought whereis searched a generic
list of directories, and locate used a special database.

1. which - searches PATH
2. whereis - searches generic list
3. locate - searches locatedb

Tyler


On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Rich Shepard wrote:

> On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, scott alban wrote:
>
> > I edited the .pinerc file with all of my account info. I downloaded and
> > installed fetchmail, but don't seem to have a .fetchmailrc file located in
> > my home directory. I ran a locate before and after the installation and
> > still no results. Is this a file that I need to create, or should it be
> > invoked when I installed fetchmail.
>
>   It's a diy file (Do It Yourself).
>
>   The locate command works off the 'whereis' command and is updated daily
> (if the machine's on all the time) or when you tell it to update the
> database. Running it immediately after installing an application will not
> help you. Try 'which fetchmail' and it will show you where the executable
> has been installed.
>
>   Follow Paul's model for .fetchmailrc and modify it to your situation.
>
> Rich
>
>
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