Re: updatedb.mlocate

From	gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: updatedb.mlocate
Date	2022-04-09 21:50 +0200
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On Saturday, 9 April 2022 12:04:18 EDT Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote:
> So around midnight I am seeing a burst of activity,  which sometimes
> interferes with whatever else I happen to be doing at the time. 
> Looking at the process list,  I see the above-referenced come and go. 
> I didn't want this,  and it's not apparent to me how to deal with it.
> 
> How do I find out where this is invoked,  so I can get rid of it?

It used to be in a root crontab, where you could delay it to say 3 am.
But I've no clue where its at in the later versions since systemd took 
over.  Run synaptic, search for locate, and see if properties>installed 
files will tell you where the time entry is now. Its a pretty handy 
utility so I wouldn't remove it, its keeping its database up to date so 
you can do a "locate filename", and find out where in terabytes of data, 
that filename might be found.  
> --
> Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
> ablest -- form of life in this section of space,  a critter that can
> be killed but can't be tamed.  --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet
> Masters" -
> Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies.
> --James M Dakin
> 
> .


Cheers, Gene Heskett.
-- 
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 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
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 - Louis D. Brandeis

Thread

updatedb.mlocate "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com> - 2022-04-09 18:40 +0200
  Re: updatedb.mlocate Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2022-04-09 18:50 +0200
    Re: updatedb.mlocate Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-04-09 19:00 +0200
      Re: updatedb.mlocate "sp007@caiway.net" <sp007@caiway.net> - 2022-04-09 19:30 +0200
      Re: updatedb.mlocate Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-04-09 19:40 +0200
      Re: updatedb.mlocate Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-04-09 20:10 +0200
    Re: updatedb.mlocate "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com> - 2022-04-10 16:40 +0200
  Re: updatedb.mlocate Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2022-04-09 19:30 +0200
    Re: updatedb.mlocate "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com> - 2022-04-10 16:50 +0200
      Re: updatedb.mlocate David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-04-11 01:30 +0200
  Re: updatedb.mlocate gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-04-09 21:50 +0200
    Re: updatedb.mlocate Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-04-09 22:40 +0200
      Re: updatedb.mlocate gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-04-09 23:00 +0200
        Re: updatedb.mlocate Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-04-09 23:20 +0200
          Re: updatedb.mlocate "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com> - 2022-04-10 17:00 +0200
        Re: updatedb.mlocate Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2022-04-10 05:30 +0200
          Re: updatedb.mlocate Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-04-10 06:00 +0200
            Re: updatedb.mlocate <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-04-10 08:10 +0200
            Re: updatedb.mlocate Linux-Fan <Ma_Sys.ma@web.de> - 2022-04-10 11:40 +0200
              Re: updatedb.mlocate gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-04-10 12:10 +0200
                Re: updatedb.mlocate Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-04-10 16:40 +0200
                Re: updatedb.mlocate Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2022-04-10 16:50 +0200
                Re: updatedb.mlocate Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-04-10 18:10 +0200
                Re: updatedb.mlocate David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-04-10 20:50 +0200
              Re: updatedb.mlocate Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-04-10 16:10 +0200
                Re: updatedb.mlocate gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-04-10 22:40 +0200
                Re: updatedb.mlocate David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-04-11 01:30 +0200
                Re: updatedb.mlocate David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2022-04-11 01:40 +0200
                Re: updatedb.mlocate Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-04-11 02:00 +0200
                Re: updatedb.mlocate David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2022-04-11 02:20 +0200

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