NAME
weekly,
weekly.conf —
weekly maintenance
DESCRIPTION
The /etc/weekly script is run, by default, every Saturday morning on a NetBSD system. The /etc/weekly.conf file specifies which of the standardweekly services are performed.
The variables described below can be set to “YES” or “NO” in the /etc/weekly.conf file. The default settings are in the /etc/defaults/weekly.conf file. (Note that you should never edit /etc/defaults/weekly.conf directly, as it is often replaced during system upgrades.)
- rebuild_locatedb
- This rebuilds the locate(1) database, /var/db/locate.database, which must also exist, in order to be rebuilt.
- rebuild_mandb
- This rebuilds the
apropos(1) database /var/db/man.db, using
makemandb(8) with the
-foption. - rebuild_whatisdb
- This rebuilds the whatis(1) database(s). Note that NetBSD provides a default whatis.db for the system manual pages and this may not be needed. (Adjust your /etc/man.conf as necessary; see man.conf(5) for details.)
FILES
- /etc/weekly
- weekly maintenance script
- /etc/weekly.conf
- weekly maintenance configuration
- /etc/weekly.local
- local site additions to /etc/weekly
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The /etc/weekly script first appeared in 4.3BSD. The /etc/weekly.conf configuration file appeared in NetBSD 1.3.