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

[Paul Wright <paul@cvanet.com>]

On Fri, 25 May 2001 15:12:14 EDT, hall answered my question:

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

with:
> 
> I've deleted the existing file on more than one occasion and
> it's been recreated the next time slocate runs with no
> problems.
> 
> Doing so is probably the easiest attempt at fixing it. If you
> want to be safe, just rename the existing one so that you can
> put it back if things get even worse... ;-)
> 

Do you have any idea what may have caused this?

Did you run slocate after deleting the file /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db or 
did you just wait for anacron to run updatedb for you?

Thanks,



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Paul T. Wright <paul@cvanet.com>
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