-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Damian Menscher Sent: 29 May 2005 19:17 To: ClamAV users ML Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] freshclam - on error send email
On Sun, 29 May 2005, Timothy Omer wrote: >> From cron I run freshclam every 4 hours with the following command. > 15 */4 * * */usr/local/bin/freshclam --quiet || mail -s "There has been an > error updating ClamAV on the Office Server" [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log > > Im sure that many of you must have a similar setup, how do you get cron to > only send an email when freshclam exits with an error code? Is there a way > to check the error code first in cron? KISS -- Keep It Simple, Stupid 7-59/15 * * * * /usr/local/bin/freshclam --quiet Cron will automagically email any output to the owner of the crontab. And the --quiet means there won't be any output unless there's an error. There's really no need for additional complexity here.... Damian Menscher -- -=#| Physics Grad Student & SysAdmin @ U Illinois Urbana-Champaign |#=- -=#| 488 LLP, 1110 W. Green St, Urbana, IL 61801 Ofc:(217)333-0038 |#=- -=#| 4602 Beckman, VMIL/MS, Imaging Technology Group:(217)244-3074 |#=- -=#| <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www.uiuc.edu/~menscher/ Fax:(217)333-9819 |#=- -=#| The above opinions are not necessarily those of my employers. |#=- _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html Thank you for your response Damian, I should have been clearer - the email needs to be sent to an external address. Thanks Tim _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
