search/index software

[Peter Hoffmann]

Oliver Grawert wrote:
> hi,
> Am Dienstag, den 30.11.2004, 01:04 -0700 schrieb zer0halo:
> 
>>Shango, how do you get locate to update daily? it doesn't do so on my
>>setup--I have to update it manually. How do I add it to my cron job
>>list and how do I tell it to update? thanks.
> 
> it is already there, leave your machine on over night or adjust the
> crontab (in the system crontab) entry for it...it is run at some time in
> the morning (around 6:00 or 6:30 i think)
> 
> 

Or install anacron:

  Anacron (like `anac(h)ronistic') is a periodic command scheduler.  It
  executes commands at intervals specified in days.  Unlike cron, it
  does not assume that the system is running continuously.  It can
  therefore be used to control the execution of daily, weekly and
  monthly jobs (or anything with a period of n days), on systems that
  don't run 24 hours a day.  When installed and configured properly,
  Anacron will make sure that the commands are run at the specified
  intervals as closely as machine-uptime permits.


-- 
Peter Hoffmann <ph at peter-hoffmann.com>