On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 8:54 am -0400, K wrote: >Exactly what do these "scripts" do and are they absolutely necessary? I >usually have the iMac on overnite...usually sleeping but never leave the >Pismo on o/n...Both running 10.3.5.....Is it absolutely necessary to >have these things run?
I can't remember which script does what, but one (I think the weekly one) updates the 'locate' database. That's used by the unix 'locate' command, which is very useful if you use terminal, and not so useful if you don't! - though I don't know if some other OSX utilities also make use of it behind the scenes. The other scripts are for system log maintenance of various kinds: deleting old logs, compressing recent ones. So you'll probably see those logs getting gradually bigger if you never run the scripts. Actually, if you download Brian Hill's MacJanitor utility, which gives you a GUI interface to run the scripts on demand, the Help file has a good explanation. TimH -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
