[lug] slocate.db.stf

[Zan Lynx]

On Wed, 2006-12-27 at 09:36 -0700, Ben wrote:
> Everyday for the past week I've been getting this e-mail from
> cron.daily:
> 
> /etc/cron.daily/slocate:
> updatedb: fatal error: The temp file '/var/lib/slocate/slocate.db.stf'
> already exists and does not appear to be a valid slocate database.
> Please remove before creating the database.
> 
> 
> I'm running debian sarge and I swear I didn't change anything. I just
> started getting the message. There is
> no /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db.stf on the harddrive now, and when I
> run /etc/cron.daily/slocate from the command prompt, I don't get any
> errors. The slocate database is being updated, so maybe I can ignore
> the message. Any ideas what's going on?

Could be more than one copy of updatedb trying to run at the same time.
Check your crontabs and cron logs for duplicates.
-- 
Zan Lynx <zlynx at acm.org>
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