Very Computer

 263 root      14   0  992  368  256 R    91.4  0.5  0:27 find / ( -fstype
nfs -o -fstype

Any ideas what's going on?

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Hi,

David Kirkpatrick spoke these words of wisdom:
: Is this the result of some previously useful cron job?  What is
: in

Well, I think you got the solution there. I believe Joe stumbled
over an 'updatedb' run by cron. This updates the databes needed
when you do a 'locate <filename>', so that you do not have
to run a long 'find / <filename>'!

Bye,
Michael

: the cron log.  It would be helpful to have your top line for
: the top printout.  0:27 is that the time and how long was the
: fine going ?? was it 27 seconds?  If someone has such a process
: started for a good reason then its priority may be scaled back or
: nice'd into obscurity.
: David Kirkpatrick    

:>
:> Occassionally my harddisk goes wild with activity and top reports:
:>
:>  263 root      14   0  992  368  256 R    91.4  0.5  0:27 find / ( -fstype
:> nfs -o -fstype
:>
:> Any ideas what's going on?
:>
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:> clear skies,                |http://www.erols.com/jringer3/astro1.htm
:> Joe                         |
:>                             |The internet treats censorship like
:>                             |damage and routes around it.

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