Observations

[bruce woller]

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On Thursday, May 29, 2003, at 04:17  PM, S.M.Kelly wrote:

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> Fourth, there are various times I notice my hard drive starts spinning=20=

> like crazy.=A0 I can hear it clicking away like it's accessing things,=20=

> but nothing (that I know of) is running.=A0 Is this indexing or=20
> something going on?
>

This is probably a cron job running slocate -u.  It is indexing file=20
names.   For those of us who use slocate it is really helpful to have=20
your disk indexed once a day.  If you do a 'ps -aux'  or start 'top' =20
when your disk is thrashing you can probably see which process is=20
causing the commotion.

regards,
bruce

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On Thursday, May 29, 2003, at 04:17  PM, S.M.Kelly wrote:


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Fourth, there are various times I notice my hard drive starts spinning
like crazy.=A0 I can hear it clicking away like it's accessing things,
but nothing (that I know of) is running.=A0 Is this indexing or
something going on?


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This is probably a cron job running slocate -u.  It is indexing file
names.   For those of us who use slocate it is really helpful to have
your disk indexed once a day.  If you do a 'ps -aux'  or start 'top'=20
when your disk is thrashing you can probably see which process is
causing the commotion.


regards,

bruce


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