diff --git a/cronjob-update-mirrors-search-db b/cronjob-update-mirrors-search-db
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+RAND="$$$RANDOM"
+
+if ionice -c3 nice -n 19 /opt/bin/updatedb -l no -o /data/sites/slackware.uk/files/search.db.$RAND -U /data/depository >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  mv /data/sites/slackware.uk/files/search.db.$RAND /data/sites/slackware.uk/files/search.db 2>/dev/null || {
+    printf "%s: %s\\n" "${0##*/}" "failed to move mirrors search database into place" >&2
+    rm -f /data/sites/slackware.uk/files/search.db.$RAND
+    exit 1
+  }
+else
+  printf "%s: %s\\n" "${0##*/}" "mirrors search database update failed" >&2
+  rm -f "/data/sites/slackware.uk/files/search.db.$RAND"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+exit 0