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.Dd March 6, 2012 .Dt WEEKLY 5 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm weekly , .Nm weekly.conf .Nd weekly maintenance .Sh DESCRIPTION The
a /etc/weekly script is run, by default, every Saturday morning on a .Nx system. The
a /etc/weekly.conf file specifies which of the standard .Nm services are performed.
p The variables described below can be set to .Dq YES or .Dq NO in the
a /etc/weekly.conf file. The default settings are in the
a /etc/defaults/weekly.conf file. (Note that you should never edit
a /etc/defaults/weekly.conf directly, as it is often replaced during system upgrades.) l -tag -width rebuild_locatedb t Sy rebuild_locatedb This rebuilds the .Xr locate 1 database,
a /var/db/locate.database , which must also exist, in order to be rebuilt. t Sy rebuild_mandb This rebuilds the .Xr apropos 1 database
a /var/db/man.db , using .Xr makemandb 8 with the .Fl f option. t Sy rebuild_whatisdb This rebuilds the .Xr whatis 1 database(s). Note that .Nx provides a default whatis.db for the system manual pages and this may not be needed. (Adjust your
a /etc/man.conf as necessary; see .Xr man.conf 5 for details.) .El .Sh FILES l -tag -width /etc/weekly.local -compact t Pa /etc/weekly weekly maintenance script t Pa /etc/weekly.conf weekly maintenance configuration t Pa /etc/weekly.local local site additions to
a /etc/weekly .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr daily.conf 5 , .Xr monthly.conf 5 .Sh HISTORY The
a /etc/weekly script first appeared in x 4.3 . The
a /etc/weekly.conf configuration file appeared in .Nx 1.3 .
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