'updatedb' : is it really mandatory, can I switch it off and how ?!

[Trouilliez Vincent]

Hi Ben,

Ah well, okay, maybe I will just leave it alone then...

Vince


> Alright, firstly I don't recommend you disable updatedb at all, but if
> you insist the best way is to simply comment out the relevant command
> from the crontab (or delete the line in that crontab).  Deleting the
> files would be bad ... especially if you later change your mind and
> decide you want to use either the "locate" or "which" commands.
> 
> By the way, if you install a new binary (even into an existing path,
> like /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin) you will not be able to get tab
> completion of the binary name unless you run updatedb.
> 
> On my systems I usually have it run once per day in the early hours of
> the morning (4:40am).
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Ben
> 
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