On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 21:38:25 +0530, Sridhar M.A. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 14:42:49 +0530, Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > $ man updatedb
> In fact, if your machine on around 6.25 a.m., cron.daily will do that
> for you. If not convenient, change the entry in /etc/crontab accordingly.
> updatedb thn need not be run manually and you do not get to see
> messages like the database is more than 8 days old ...
Also, if this is a box that is switched on and off every day, I
recommend installing the anacron package.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ [5] $ apt-cache show anacron
Package: anacron
Description: a cron-like program that doesn't go by time
Anacron (like `anac(h)ronistic') is a periodic command scheduler. It
executes commands at intervals specified in days. Unlike cron, it
does not assume that the system is running continuously. It can
therefore be used to control the execution of daily, weekly and
monthly jobs (or anything with a period of n days), on systems that
don't run 24 hours a day. When installed and configured properly,
Anacron will make sure that the commands are run at the specified
intervals as closely as machine-uptime permits.
Thaths
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