Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 10:15:24 -0600 From: "Alejandro Ramirez" <ales@megared.net.mx> To: "Rob Carmichael" <robc@globalvc.co.uk>, "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: question about (missing ?) script Message-ID: <02b901bf6ccf$8bef2940$020a0a0a@megared.net.mx> References: <3B666137355DD31199B100E018C15EA2087ABC@mailgate.globalvc.co.uk>
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Hi, Try /etc/periodic/weekly Have Fun... Ales ----- Original Message ----- From: Rob Carmichael <robc@globalvc.co.uk> To: 'questions@freebsd.org' <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 10:14 AM Subject: question about (missing ?) script > hello, > > Yesterday i installed freebsd3.4 from ftp.uk.freebsd.org ... the install > went well as the box is working... But one think puzzles me above all else. > when i attempted to run "locate", it said something about the database being > too small, i just assumed this is because the install is so new that > "/etc/weekly" hasn't had a chance to run yet, but to my horror "weekly" was > not in /etc. And i can't find it since locate doesn't yet work. > So today i copied the /etc/weekly script from a different box > (freebsd2.2.8). And ran that, and i can now locate... but my question(s) > are: > > 1) Why wasn't there a script called "weekly" in the /etc dir ? > 2) The fact that the script was missing was due to "weekly" being missing > right ? > 3) Is it ok to continue to use the "weekly" script from the 2.2.8 machine on > the 3.4 box ? (if not where do i get the new "weekly" ? > 4) What went wrong ? > > thankyou inm advance for any help you may be able to give, > regards, > rob carmichael > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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