Re: [expert] What the heck is this daily cron task?

[pgeorges]

Chris Aakre a écrit :

> [chris@localhost cron.daily]$ less slocate.cron
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> /usr/bin/slocate -u -f "udf,nfs,smbfs,ncpfs,proc,devpts,iso9660,usbdevfs" -e
> "/tmp,/var/tmp,/usr/tmp,/afs,/net"
> 
> This annoying task looks around on my hard drive for half an hour, consuming
> 50% of my CPU time on a PII 300. Is this needed? Can I cancel it? I have no
> idea what it's trying to do.

This is what makes the locate database up to date. If you never use
locate 'mylostfile', you may remove it.