Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 21:18:54 -0800 From: Chip <chip@wiegand.org> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 'find' is running all by itself Message-ID: <3A1A05BE.BB3C9DE2@wiegand.org> References: <3A19E749.E9E048E2@wiegand.org> <20001120191022.A11404@skritz.go2net.com>
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Mark Garcia wrote: > > Yep, sounds like you have 'updatedb' running Yep, that is listed in the weekly directory, find isn't listed in daily, weekly, or monthly. > This maps out your fs to a db file so you can run such, `locate *.so` and find alot of stuff :-D I tried the locate command like you show it, but got command not known, I'll look at the man pages and manuals to find out more about that command. -- Chip > ->MAG > > In a stroke of genius on Mon, Nov 20 at 19:08:57 00 or thereabouts, Chip wrote: > >I have several FBSD 4.0 machines, and on one of them > >the 'find' command will start running by itself. I found > >out about this when I heard the hard drive reading itself > >wildly, so I looked at top, and there was find at the top. > >This happens at least every evening, sometimes several times. > >This machine has mysql installed, and nothing much else, just > >a straight install of 4.0. > >Any ideas what could be causing this? > > > >-- > >Chip W. > >www.wiegand.org > >Alternative Operating Systems > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Chip W. www.wiegand.org Alternative Operating Systems To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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