Re: *** updatedb ***

From: John Thompson <john_at_starfleet.attglobal.net>
Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 21:27:39 GMT
Message-ID: <slrnadtnib.9bv.john@starfleet.attglobal.net>

In article <abm0ro$jdc68$1_at_ID-72169.news.dfncis.de>, Dragan Colak wrote:

> Gary Chan wrote:
> 

>> Recently I installed oracle 8i on my Linux. I realize that whenever I
>> login as root, there is updatedb job automatically started. The job
>> bothers me because it keeps scanning the disk for quite some time.
>> What's the use of updatedb? Can I stop it from running without making
>> any impact on the system?

> It updates your locate database (man locate). It should run via cron.daily, > not at login.

But if your computer isn't running when cron would do the updating, it gets done the next time you boot up the machine.

You can delete the appropriate entry from your crontab to stop it from updating, but then you'll have to run it manually or forgo an uop to date "locate" database. That's not a serious problem, but "locate" is orders of magnitude faster than "find" at finding specific files.

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-John (John.Thompson_at_attglobal.net)

Received on Sun May 12 2002 - 16:27:39 CDT