| WEEKLY(5) | File Formats Manual | WEEKLY(5) | 
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
 
HISTORY
 The /etc/weekly script first appeared in 4.3BSD. The /etc/weekly.conf configuration file appeared in NetBSD 1.3.