Re: [expert] high CPU load under MDK7

[Ron Stodden]

Guillermo Belli wrote:
> 
> I just installed MDK7-2, and I've noticed that after a period of time, there's
> a lot of HD activity and a high CPU load. I took a look at top, and it shows
> that the CPU hungry process is called 'slocate'. What is it? I did not notice
> this in previous versions of Mandrake.

See man updatedb & man locate or slocate.

cron sets updatedb going (so that the locate and slocate commands
will work) every 24 hours at 04:02 am.

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Regards,

Ron. [AU] - sent by Linux.