> If "slocate" is similar to "locate" in its operation, updating the database 
> (using its analog to "updatedb") should be scheduled as a cron job

Indeed, cron.daily does have:

renice +19 -p $$ >/dev/null 2>&1
/usr/bin/updatedb -f "nfs,smbfs,ncpfs,proc,devpts" -e
"/tmp,/var/tmp,/usr/tmp,/afs,/net" 

I'm not sure of the syntax here, but off hand this looks more like a
reprioritization of processes than a command to rebuild a
database. The updatedb file is a binary, so don't know if it has a
scheduler.

In any case, /var/log/cron does not have an entry fpr updatedb.

I do run continuously.

[thanks for the info, Ray, that my header is ok]

Haines
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