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Subject: RE: question about (missing ?) script
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 10:15:24 -0600
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Hi,

Try

/etc/periodic/weekly

Have Fun...
Ales

----- Original Message -----
From: Rob Carmichael <robc@globalvc.co.uk>
To: 'questions@freebsd.org' <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 10:14 AM
Subject: question about (missing ?) script


> hello,
>
> Yesterday i installed freebsd3.4 from ftp.uk.freebsd.org ... the install
> went well as the box is working... But one think puzzles me above all
else.
> when i attempted to run "locate", it said something about the database
being
> too small, i just assumed this is because the install is so new that
> "/etc/weekly" hasn't had a chance to run yet, but to my horror "weekly"
was
> not in /etc. And i can't find it since locate doesn't yet work.
> So today i copied the /etc/weekly script from a different box
> (freebsd2.2.8). And ran that, and i can now locate... but my question(s)
> are:
>
> 1) Why wasn't there a script called "weekly" in the /etc dir ?
> 2) The fact that the script was missing was due to "weekly" being missing
> right ?
> 3) Is it ok to continue to use the "weekly" script from the 2.2.8 machine
on
> the 3.4 box ? (if not where do i get the new "weekly" ?
> 4) What went wrong ?
>
> thankyou inm advance for any help you may be able to give,
> regards,
> rob carmichael
>
>
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