Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:10:22 -0700 From: Ian Lepore <freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Give users a hint when their locate database is too small. Message-ID: <1352823022.1217.109.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgn=mthZQafSTvLfoBbt55xW1bxPtS077cyLA2MBajrsSQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAF6rxgkXXmSsoPHNVe6RLGpQ1C-qUq_y4YQSo3YgPhAeTdJAyQ@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211130731270.43524@wonkity.com> <CAF6rxgnA-prOCLh5w56dJBd3UsGMar_-ZYpoBT4OyRadVZAy2A@mail.gmail.com> <CAF6rxgmj=8Kkn_RsZo9K7-U5sHdx_=zAE17-u=ABbRjvbo2T_Q@mail.gmail.com> <CAF6rxgn=mthZQafSTvLfoBbt55xW1bxPtS077cyLA2MBajrsSQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 2012-11-13 at 11:05 -0500, Eitan Adler wrote: > On 13 November 2012 10:58, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> wrote: > > Okay... sorry for the spam. I remember there was a reason I used > /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate instead of /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb. > The latter must not be run as root, and the former takes care of this work. > > Since the default is to enable weekly updates I am inclined to use the > 310.locate script instead. > > > Would it work to refer them to the locate.updatedb manpage (which references the periodic script, and presumably would be kept up to date with any script renaming/numbering)? -- Ian
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