find: slocate Database Format

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1 4.2.3 slocate Database Format
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1 The 'slocate' program uses a database format similar to, but not quite
1 the same as, GNU 'locate'.  The first byte of the database specifies its
1 "security level".  If the security level is 0, 'slocate' will read,
1 match and print filenames on the basis of the information in the
1 database only.  However, if the security level byte is 1, 'slocate'
1 omits entries from its output if the invoking user is unable to access
1 them.  The second byte of the database is zero.  The second byte is
1 immediately followed by the first database entry.  The first entry in
1 the database is not preceded by any differential count or dummy entry.
1 Instead the differential count for the first item is assumed to be zero.
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1    Starting with the second entry (if any) in the database, data is
1 interpreted as for the GNU LOCATE02 format.
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