core/man-db/mandb.cron.daily

#!/bin/sh

# nicenesses range from -20 (most favorable scheduling) to 19 (least favorable)
NICE=19

# 0 for none, 1 for real time, 2 for best-effort, 3 for idle
IONICE_CLASS=2

# 0-7 (for IONICE_CLASS 1 and 2 only), 0=highest, 7=lowest
IONICE_PRIORITY=7

CMD_MANDB="/usr/bin/mandb --quiet"

# Update the "whatis" database
#/usr/bin/makewhatis -u -w

# taken from Debian
# man-db cron daily
set -e

if ! [ -d /var/cache/man ]; then
    # Recover from deletion, per FHS.
    mkdir -p /var/cache/man
    chmod 755 /var/cache/man
fi

# regenerate man database

if [ -x /usr/bin/nice ]; then
  CMD_MANDB="/usr/bin/nice -n ${NICE:-19} ${CMD_MANDB}"
fi

if [ -x /usr/bin/ionice ]; then
  CMD_MANDB="/usr/bin/ionice -c ${IONICE_CLASS:-2} -n ${IONICE_PRIORITY:-7} ${CMD_MANDB}"
fi

${CMD_MANDB}

exit 0