On Mon, 2005-03-28 at 18:47 +0100, Matt Fretwell wrote:
> Amin Thakkar wrote:
> 
> > If I put this command in crontab N* * * * /usr/local/bin/freshclam
> > --quiet. This command will update virus database. Is it right ?
> 
> 
> 09  *  *  *  *  clamav /usr/local/bin/freshclam --quiet

Why use crontab?  Run it as a service, and let it keep track of when to
go.  I use checks 47 so that I don't end up at the hour or 1/2 hour....

Of course, if this is a home box, then checks 1 is probably sufficient.
It's not like you will miss 1200 viruses a day...

-- 
Daniel J McDonald, CCIE # 2495, CNX
Austin Energy

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