How do I stop daily updatedb cronJobs...?

Alexvader · 08-17-2010, 07:16 PM

Hi,

From time to time... ( everytime i turn on My lappy ) updatedb starts and swallows my battery with high cpu revs...

How do i stop this...?

I chmod -x /etc/cron.daily/updatedb

but is this enough...?

Is there a cleverer way...?

BRGDS

Alex

evo2 · 08-18-2010, 01:05 AM

Install mlocate instead of locate, then the updatedb cron job won't run if you are on battery power.

Cheers,

Evo2.

Alexvader · 08-18-2010, 07:32 AM

Thanks evo2

scheidel21 · 08-18-2010, 08:51 AM

could also remove it from the cronjobs list