[NCLUG] slocate.cron error

[Matt Taggart]

Daniel Herrington writes...

> Anyone seen this error before?  I can't seem to find the same problem on 
> google.  Since about two weeks ago, I get an email every morning from 
> cron telling me the following:
> 
> /etc/cron.daily/slocate.cron:
> 
> /etc/cron.daily/slocate.cron: /usr/bin/updatedb: No such file or directory
> 
> 
> I've checked /usr/bin/updatedb, and it's a link to /usr/bin/slocate, which ap
> pears to exist just fine.  This is a Redhat 7.3 system, IIRC.

It's probably slocate that's complaining about "No such file or directory". 
Try running it by hand with strace to see what it's upset about.

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Matt Taggart
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