Re [ltp] Problem with updatedb

[Bernard DEBREIL]

Thanks to everyone for the hints on updatedb calls.=20

Here is the contents of my slocate file:

[bd@localhost cron.daily]$ more slocate.cron
#!/bin/sh
renice +19 -p $$ >/dev/null 2>&1
/usr/bin/updatedb -f "nfs,smbfs,ncpfs,proc,devpts" -e=20
"/tmp,/var/tmp,/usr/tmp,/a
fs,/net"

I can't make much out of that, except that it calls on updatedb with the=
=20
option -f for the processes listed in between quotes. As for the renice =

process with the options that follow, I would have to spend a lot of tim=
e=20
reading the man pages so as to really understand what it does, which=20
priorities it changes on what processes, and what I could do to improve =

my system. I now think that it would be too hasardous to stop the proces=
s=20
of automatically calling 'updatedb', maybe just as much hasardous to try=
=20
modifying the slocate file.

Thanks anyway.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Message d'origine <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Le 8/21/03, =E0 4:21:31 PM h, James Mckenzie <jjmckenzie51@earthlink.net=
>=20
vous a =E9crit sur le sujet suivant Re [ltp] Problem with updatedb:


> 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=20
process.

> This line that "renices" all processes might be what you want to modif=
y,
> 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=20
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 ab=
out
> >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 automat=
ic
> >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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