[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       suse-linux-e
Subject:    Re: [SLE] My SuSE Linux is very slow sometimes.
From:       "Carlos E. R." <robin1.listas () tiscali ! es>
Date:       2003-03-05 13:10:36
[Download RAW message or body]


The 03.03.05 at 05:59, Mitch Thompson wrote:

> The line to change is in file /etc/crontab:
>
> 14 0  * * *     root  rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.daily
>
> The "14" is the minutes, the "0" is the hour(using a 24 hour clock),
>
> So, on my system, updatedb runs daily, along with all other scripts in
> /etc/cron.daily, at 14 minutes past midnight.

Actually, that only deletes a flag file. The real run will happen up to
15 minutes after booting up linux, if it has not run yet this day. This is
controlled by this line:

-*/15 * * * *   root  test -x /usr/lib/cron/run-crons && /usr/lib/cron/run-crons >/dev/null 2>&1

If you inspect "/usr/lib/cron/run-crons" you will see the lines
responsible for the time choosen to run daily tasks are:

          cron.daily)   TIME="-ctime +1  -or -ctime 1"  ;;

        eval find $SPOOL/$BASE $TIME | \
             xargs --no-run-if-empty rm

So it is not so easy...

-- 
Cheers,
       Carlos Robinson



-- 
Check the headers for your unsubscription address
For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com
Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com
Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com


[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]