- Hide quoted text - On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 2:54 AM, Stroller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8 Oct 2008, at 04:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> ... >> every fcron is starting updatedb. I dont need this service on a >> daily basis. I am starting updatedb by hand if I need a fresh db. >> But I need a full fcron installed for other purposes, so I need >> to find the script, which tells fcron to start updatedb. > > If you don't know where the above script is... > >> I have tried to disable all scripts, but it seems, that I am >> not able to do so ;) >> >> I edited also roots fcrontab and my own fcrontab to not >> to start updatedb -- they are fixed. > > ... then why did you do this? What did you edit & what were the results? > >> My question: Where are other "things" installed, which >> trigger updatedb on a daily basis? > > /etc/cron.daily/slocate > > It is put there by sys-apps/slocate itself. You can move it to cron.weekly > if you prefer (although frankly, I don't know why this would upset you so > much). > I re-state what Stroller said. What did you edit? And, please read the cron documentation (if memory serves, Gentoo has a nice cron documentation).
Also, try mlocate. It is an optimized implementation of locate; its updatedb is faster and less IO-intensive. -- Software is like sex: it is better when it is free - Linus Torvalds
