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Date:      Mon, 20 Nov 2000 21:18:54 -0800
From:      Chip <chip@wiegand.org>
To:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: 'find' is running all by itself
Message-ID:  <3A1A05BE.BB3C9DE2@wiegand.org>
References:  <3A19E749.E9E048E2@wiegand.org> <20001120191022.A11404@skritz.go2net.com>

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Mark Garcia wrote:
> 
> Yep, sounds like you have 'updatedb' running

Yep, that is listed in the weekly directory, find isn't listed in
daily, weekly, or monthly.
 
> This maps out your fs to a db file so you can run such, `locate *.so` and find alot of stuff :-D

I tried the locate command like you show it, but got command not
known, I'll
look at the man pages and manuals to find out more about that
command.

--
Chip
 
> ->MAG
> 
> In a stroke of genius on Mon, Nov 20 at 19:08:57 00 or thereabouts, Chip wrote:
>    >I have several FBSD 4.0 machines, and on one of them
>    >the 'find' command will start running by itself. I found
>    >out about this when I heard the hard drive reading itself
>    >wildly, so I looked at top, and there was find at the top.
>    >This happens at least every evening, sometimes several times.
>    >This machine has mysql installed, and nothing much else, just
>    >a straight install of 4.0.
>    >Any ideas what could be causing this?
>    >
>    >--
>    >Chip W.
>    >www.wiegand.org
>    >Alternative Operating Systems
>    >
>    >
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