File::Locate is a direct port of the GNU locate command. As of now, you can query an existing locate-db in a very similar way to locate(1L). The module can also deal with the more recent slocate-format.
INSTALLATION
To install this module type the following:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
When using suncc under Solaris, you probably have to do
perl Makefile.PL CCFLAGS=-Xa
in order to put ucbcc into ANSI mode.
DEPENDENCIES
This module requires these other modules and libraries:
Test::More
An existing locate-db wont hurt, too. ;-) You can create one manually if you have the frcode program:
find / | frcode > locatedb
PLATFORMS
Tested on Perl5.005_03, Perl5.8.4 and 5.6.1 under Linux (gcc3.2) and with Perl5.005_03 and various BSDs. 0.60 and later (unlike 0.01) not tested on Solaris.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Tassilo von Parseval
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.