[G4] OSX system maintenance utilities

[Philip J Robar]

On Dec 19, 2004, at 7:16 PM, Jim Davis wrote:

> I have been very interested in running the terminal maintenance 
> commands listed below, but the writer inserted a space between the 
> letters "sudo" and the remainder of the command code, and I don't know 
> if that space should be there or not.  Does anyone know where I might 
> find more information on these command line maintenance helpers?  I've 
> been getting too much pinwheeling, and I'd like to try to address it 
> myself.
> Thanks- Jim.
>>>
>>> Why bother with any of those? Launch the Terminal app, and MANUALLY 
>>> run
>>> these commands:
>>>
>>> sudo /etc/daily  ---each day, takes about five seconds
>>> sudo /etc/weekly  ---each week, takes about five minutes for 50 GB of
>>> data
>>> to update the locate
>>> 				database
>>> sudo /etc/monthly ----each month, takes about two seconds
>>> _______________________________________________

Yes, the space should be there.

sudo /etc/daily
sudo /etc/weekly
sudo /etc/monthly

sudo is a command which runs programs as another user - root, a.k.a. 
superuser, by default. /etc/... are the scripts (programs) to run. In a 
terminal window type "man sudo" for more info.

Phil