Rick Macdonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > David B. Teague wrote: > > > > On my stand-alone machine at home, I get all files by making this change > > > to /etc/cron.daily/find: > > > > > > #cd / && updatedb --localuser=nobody 2>/dev/null > > > cd / && updatedb 2>/dev/null > > > BTW Please explain why the && is present in the script! I have never > > understood what that is doing... > > I'm no wiz shell programmer, but the && means "and", such that the > second command (updatedb) is _not_ executed if the first command fails. > Likewise, there is a "||" operator. See man sh, man bash, etc. >
If "cd /" is not included, then the updatedb starts from the home directory of root, /root, which gives a very incomplete listing. -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
