Re: [SLE] Find command running at startup (added) Warning silliness alert!!

On Thursday 07 April 2005 9:01 am, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Greg Wallace [04-07-05 03:15]:

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When I first boot up my system, there is often (but I don't think always) some heavy i/o going on for a few minutes. I ran the "top" command today when this was happening at the top program was "find". Is this unusual?

Yes, if you have findutils-locate installed. It would update your database sometime just after midnight local time if you left your computer running, but since you shut it down, it is performing that task on the first boot of the day.

note: linux is set to run some tasks that put heavy demands on the cpu at times the computer usage is normally light, ie: while you sleep. <snip> Sleep? sleep??? Who sleeps?? Fre that person imediately !!! IF I don't sleep, no one does !!! <VBG> -- j

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