> What is this task: > > [chris@localhost cron.daily]$ less slocate.cron > > #!/bin/sh > > /usr/bin/slocate -u -f > "udf,nfs,smbfs,ncpfs,proc,devpts,iso9660,usbdevfs" -e > "/tmp,/var/tmp,/usr/tmp,/afs,/net" > > This annoying task looks around on my hard drive for half an hour, > consuming 50% of my CPU time on a PII 300. Is this needed? Can I cancel > it? I have no idea what it's trying to do. It is building the database used by locate. Locate allows you to quickly find a file, or files with a given stirng int he name. It is pretty useful. If you find it annoying, you can remove the entry from the crontab. If you find locate to be useful, perhaps you can reschedule it to run at a more convient time for you. -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
