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updatedb [message #130052]

Wed, 27 July 2005 22:39

bluenectar
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Registered: July 2005
Location: Jakarta

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hi guys,

I'm wondering when we have to use updatedb ? can we just make it automatically ? is there any relation with I/O performance ?
thanks for advance.

regards,
Hery

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Re: updatedb [message #130344 is a reply to message #130052]

Fri, 29 July 2005 08:08

Mahesh Rajendran
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>>updatedb

I have no idea what you are talking about.

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Re: updatedb [message #130557 is a reply to message #130052]

Mon, 01 August 2005 01:44

bluenectar
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Registered: July 2005
Location: Jakarta

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i'm a newbie in linux
could you explain to me when we have to use updatedb ? is updatedb run once at startup or is it always run just like background process ?

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