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 standard weekly 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 -f option.

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

daily.conf(5), monthly.conf(5)

HISTORY

The /etc/weekly script first appeared in 4.3BSD. The /etc/weekly.conf configuration file appeared in NetBSD 1.3.