How do I run Updatedb everyday?
From http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/oneiric/en/man8/updatedb.8.html
updatedb is usually run daily by cron(8) to update the default database.
Check /etc/cron.daily
. It should be there.
/etc/cron.daily$ ls *loc*
mlocate
In addition to Rinzwind answer
updatedb is usually run daily by cron(8) to update the default database.
Now back to your demand:
if you want to run updatedb on startup
you can use cron for this job, run the command:
sudo crontab -e
Add the following:
@reboot /usr/bin/updatedb
Save and exit.
Now this ensures that you'll update the mlocatedb on every startup of your system, in addition to its scheduled everyday.
You can comment the line containing mlocate
in /etc/cron.daily
to stop the usual schedule everyday.