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Re: locate



On Tue, May 11, 1999 at 03:56:50PM -0700, R Garth Wood wrote:
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> I was wondering if there's a set method to handle the following situation:
> I am pacaking slocate. The current version of locate in findutils
> runs a cron job to update its db. I havge done a diversion of locate and
> updatedb, however the cron job gives errors because it's actually running
> slocate. Any ideas?

Divert the cron job to locate.norun (the '.' makes run-parts not run
it, in affect disabling it). Then install your slocate cron job.

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