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Re: [tlug] Flash Player V8.0 xpti.dat .......



>>>>> "Scott" == Scott Robbins <scottro@example.com> writes:

    Scott> If you don't leave your machine on 24 hours a day, there's
    Scott> a good chance that the [locate updatedb] cronjob won't
    Scott> run--it's usually set (on Linux as well, I assume) to run
    Scott> in the wee hours of the morning by default.

On Debian AFAICT it's run via anacron.  That means that it's run as
soon as practical after the period elapses, even across boots.


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