On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 10:35:07AM +0200, Iftach Hyams wrote: > If I recall correctly, the slocate is running among boot (maybe > it is from cron daily). Anyhow, it scramble the disk when you most > need it ...
It is run from the daily cron. Typically around 2-4 am. This should not interfere with normal usage. However there are some strange people that turn off their computer every night. Thus the daily cron jobs will not be executed. Others may dual-boot or simply nor run their linux systems for a while. In order for all of theose folks not to miss important cron jobs anacron was invented. It will run the missed jobs a couple of minutes after the end of the boot process. So it may run updatedb and similar intensive tasks not long after boot time. This is done in the background and a decently configured system it will remain responsive, but the user will probably notice the tasks. -- Tzafrir Cohen +---------------------------+ http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir/ |vim is a mutt's best friend| mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +---------------------------+ ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
