Anacron message re:/etc/cron.daily/slocate

[Paul Wright <paul@cvanet.com>]

Hi all,

Today I recieved one of those wonderful mails from Anacron with thre 
following content:

/etc/cron.daily/slocate:
updatedb: this is not a valid slocate database: /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db

Does anyone know why /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db would be "not valid"?

I've read the manpages for updatedb and slocate, but have not come across 
any descriptions of the checks being made.

Is it safe to remove /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db ? and create a new one?

If I would create a new one would I use "slocate -U /var/lib/slocate" ?  
If not what command would I use?

What further implications could be implied by the "not valid slocate 
database?





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Paul T. Wright <paul@cvanet.com>
-currently seeking employment-