[5940] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Various missing files after 3 installations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas W. Noel)
Mon Nov 25 00:24:50 1996
In-Reply-To: <199611250451.WAA27159@elwood.probe.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 21:23:14 -0700
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From: "Thomas W. Noel" <tnoel@ns.net>
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>Dave,
>
>Your response to this problem engendered a bit of confusion on my part.
>"Apparently you left your machine on overnight" seems to indicate that there
>is some problem with leaving it on all the time. Are there some special
>considerations that must be taken into account when leaving a machine on all
>the time? There are very few times that this machine is off, so I'd like
>some clarification on this point. Once I convert over fully to Linux and
>the kids have their own machine there won't be a need to boot back into
>Win95. Please clarify the above point.
No silly boy!!
Read it again...... he is telling you that the file updatedb is created by
a cron process that runs in the dead of night to catalog all contents of
your installation.
>>
>>Apparently you had your machine on overnight the first time. Run:
>>
>>/etc/cron.daily/updatedb.cron
>>
>>to recreate this file.
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