Re: updatedb.mlocate
On Sat, 9 Apr 2022 17:50:03 +0100
Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
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plocate is a locate(1) based on posting lists, giving much faster searches
on a much smaller index. It is a drop-in replacement for mlocate in nearly
all aspects, and is fast on SSDs and non-SSDs alike.
>
Besides this it also handles sshfs mounts proper
my 2 EURO cents
> On Sat 09 Apr 2022 at 12:39:45 -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
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> > On Sat, Apr 09, 2022 at 11:04:18AM -0500, 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?
> > >
> > You can uninstall the mlocate package. Or, you can edit
> > /etc/cron.daily/mlocate and comment out the cron entry. That would
> > leave the package installed, but you would need to keep the database
> > updated manually.
>
> Or replace mlocate with plocate, which is reckoned to be better than
> mlocate.
>
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