+++ Abhishek [30/06/02 17:01 +0530]:
> thanks Sayamindu and Dushyanth for recommending use of top comand, I 
> tried it during the problem and I came across "updatedb" as the culprit, 
> it used around 17% CPU time, but now what? Do I have to live with it!! 
> hope to hear from you guys.

That's one of the daily cron processes to rebuild your database for locate.
I think the process to run this is slocate.cron in /etc/cron.daily

        -srs
-- 
Suresh Ramasubramanian + mallet (@) efn.org
"We are upping our standards ... so up yours."
                -- Pat Paulsen for President, 1988.


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