Locate command

Rem P Roberti remegius at comcast.net
Thu Jul 10 15:00:10 UTC 2008


> 
> Hello,
> 
> >> Actually, the very first thing I always do after installing a FreeBSD is
> >> add this line to crontab:
> >>
> >> 00 02 * * * /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb
> >>
> >> I guess I'm a locate-freak ;^D
> >>
> > 
> > Done.  Thanks again.
> 
> You guys should rather use /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate script
> to update your locate database.

I'm pretty new to all of this, so how does one go about invoking that
script?

Thanks,

Rem


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