Depends on distro. Easiest way is via the terminal. find <start directory (usually . or /) -name "<file name>" -print Or, if you don't know any part of the file name you can use grep (this can take quite a while). grep -R '<search term>' *.pdf William -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don Seiler Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 9:00 AM To: hkchital@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: rjoralist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Tahiti's down... I've got it, just need see how best to search locally on a linux desktop. Don. On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 8:54 AM, Hemant K Chitale <hkchital@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I've had local copies of 9i and 10g docs for a couple of years. On Sunday, > I downloaded the 11gR2 docs as well ! JIT ! > > Hemant K Chitale > At 10:46 PM Wednesday, you wrote: >> >> It gets redirected to >> http://www-portal-stage.oracle.com/splash/www/index.html, which throws a: >> >> Access Denied >> >> You don't have permission to access >> "http://www-portal-stage.oracle.com/splash/www/index.html"; on this server. >> >> Y'all took the advice to keep a local copy of the docs, right? :) >> >> Rich >> >> >> -- >> //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > Hemant K Chitale > > http://hemantoracledba.blogspot.com > > > > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Don Seiler http://seilerwerks.wordpress.com ultimate: http://www.mufc.us -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l