Messages in this thread | | | From | Måns Rullgård <> | Subject | Re: [OT] inotify hack for locate | Date | Sun, 05 Mar 2006 23:30:09 +0000 |
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Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org> writes:
> On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 04:43:03PM -0500, Lee Revell wrote: >> updatedb runs at nice 20 on most distros, and with the CFQ scheduler the >> IO priority follows the nice value, so why does it still kill the >> machine? > > Running updatedb on a laptop when you're sitting in an airplane running > off of batteries is Not Nice to the user. I know, I've had it happen far > too many times.
Running updatedb only if AC powered shouldn't be too difficult.
-- Måns Rullgård mru@inprovide.com
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