Sounds like slocate updating it's database. On my system
(Mandrake 7) it does this daily. Have a look in the /etc/cron*
files to see how yours is set up. Harmless, and useful for finding
things. "man slocate" will reveal all.
HTH
Glyn M.
On Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 11:08:40PM -0600, thus spake Guillermo Belli:
> I just installed MDK7-2, and I've noticed that after a period of time, there's
> a lot of HD activity and a high CPU load. I took a look at top, and it shows
> that the CPU hungry process is called 'slocate'. What is it? I did not notice
> this in previous versions of Mandrake.
>
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