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

[Eric Dunbar]

Vince, slocate only runs once a day (which would explain why it seems
to me that locate is usually out-of-date) so it wouldn't be causing
disk chatter (a quick check in WebMin shows that slocate runs at
06:25... which I should probably change b/c, unless these jobs are run
the next time Ubuntu is activated, they'll never run!)

Eric.
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On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 11:11:59 +0100, Trouilliez Vincent
<vincent.trouilliez at wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>  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