how to run updatedb on startup

flipflap · #1 24th July 2005, 01:26 PM

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

tejas · #2 24th July 2005, 01:54 PM

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 · #3 24th July 2005, 06:35 PM

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 · #4 24th July 2005, 06:39 PM

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

jtang613 · #5 24th July 2005, 06:45 PM

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:

Code:

updatedb &

m2c,
Jason