Re: [ANN] Shovel - Third-Party "Software Update"
Re: [ANN] Shovel - Third-Party "Software Update"
- Subject: Re: [ANN] Shovel - Third-Party "Software Update"
- From: Alastair Houghton <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 21:52:47 +0100
On 29 Mar 2004, at 19:34, M. Uli Kusterer wrote:
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>> The locate database is updated weekly, which may be out of date if
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>> you
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>> have recently added, deleted, or moved anything.
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Locate just isn't reliable enough, IMHO. IIRC that was the one that
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wasn't updated *at all* in older MacOS X versions.
I wasn't aware that anything had changed in that regard (although I
haven't checked extensively). AFAIK it is still configured to update
via a cron job that will never run on probably 90% of Macs due to their
power saving settings or even the fact that they are simply turned off
at half past four in the morning on a Saturday.
Kind regards,
Alastair.
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http://www.alastairs-place.net
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