On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:10:22 +0100 Tomasz Kojm <tk...@clamav.net> wrote:
>On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:52:39 -0500
>Jerry <ges...@yahoo.com> wrote:
[snip}
>> Having another setting that would allow specifying how many minutes
>> past the hour freshclam should run would prove to be a useful
>> addition. The say "HR_DELAY" would be off by default, thereby using
>> the same protocol as is presently in force. Setting the variable
>> would allow forcing the daemon to run at a specific time in relation
>> to the "Check" variable. This would then allow users to stagger the
>> running time of this daemon and any secondary script that is being
>> used to supplement the Clamav database.
>
>You can do it with cron; there's no point in reinventing the wheel and
>implementing a scheduler within freshclam
Obviously; however, that adds a different level of complexity. IMHO,
having the ability to configure it from within the freshclam.conf file
seems easier.
Just my 2ยข.
--
Jerry
ges...@yahoo.com
I sometimes think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his
ability.
Oscar Wilde
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