[ltp] Problem with updatedb

[James Mckenzie]

Bernard:

Take a look at the anacron and anacrontab man pages.  The file that 
calls updatedb is slocate and is in the /etc/cron.daily.  You can stop 
this process, however read up on what the updatedb process does before 
shutting down the process.

What interested me most is the line before the call to updatedb that
"renices" all of the existing processes before calling the updatedb process.

This line that "renices" all processes might be what you want to modify, 
rather than removing or halting the updatedb process.

James McKenzie


Bernard DEBREIL wrote:

>Hi to everyone,
>
>Every now and then, but more often than not, my system (RedHat 7.2 on a 
>TP600, RAM 128MB) automatically performs an 'updatedb'. The process takes 
>several minutes, time during which every other task is being reduced to 
>near zero speed. At times, it is becoming very annoying. 
>
>I wonder if I could modify something in my config so that 'updatedb' is 
>not being performed automatically. Could someone tell me something about 
>it, and, also, what problems could possibly be occur following such a 
>change ?
>
>With my other computer (running on RH 6.0), I don't have this automatic 
>launching of 'updatedb'. True enough, I don't use 'pan' on that one, and 
>I am under the impression that the calls on 'updatedb' could possibly be 
>launched by this software.
>
>Thanks in advance for any hint,
>
>Bernard DEBREIL
>  
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