Re: *** updatedb ***

From: Dragan Colak <dragan_colak_at_gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 17:13:49 +0200
Message-ID: <abm0ro$jdc68$1@ID-72169.news.dfncis.de>

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?
>
> Gary

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

Dragan Received on Sun May 12 2002 - 10:13:49 CDT