how to run updatedb on startup

[flipflap]

hey guys i wanna run updatedb everytime i boot up how do i do it? thanks a lot

[tejas]

you can add the line updatebd to the file

/etc/rc.d/rc.local

in anycase, there is an updatedb.conf or somethin in /etc, where you can uncomment a particular line to make updatedb run once a week.

Read man updatedb for details

- Tejas Dinkar

[ahsien]

default settig,updatedb,it has been in /etc/cron.daily and its name is slocate.cron
if you want to run updatedb on startup, you can add the line updatebd to the file
/etc/rc.d/rc.local.

[markkuk]

In FC4 you must edit the file /etc/updatedb.conf and set DAILY_UPDATE=yes.

[jtang613]

If you do decide to add updatedb to your rc.local - make sure to set it to run in the background, else your system will block until it finishes. To run it in the background, use the '&' suffix.

Ex:

updatedb &

m2c,
Jason