what is the difference between locate and find ?

[M E Fieu]

Hi.. I tried to look for a file in a linux box using both locate and find , when using find I can
find my file but locate cannot.  However I found sometime locate will work when I look for other
file.  what is the difference between locate and find ?

[root at wa html]# locate abc.pl
[root at wa html]# find / -name abc.pl -print
find: /proc/21829/fd: No such file or directory
/usr/local/abc/abc.pl
[root at wa html]# 


	
		
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