On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 01:22, Lionel Bouton wrote: > Yes > > But in the crontab case be aware that the mean time between updates in : > > 0 * * * * sleep $[ $RANDOM % 3600 ] ; /usr/bin/freshclam --quiet > > is 3600s, but between 2 updates the delay can be anywhere between 1 and 7199s. > Computing $RANDOM doesn't bring anything to the overall distribution quality too.
Good point. I've changed over to freshclam -d now -- using the /etc/init.d/freshclam script that was graciously provided by the crashat RPM for the purpose. -Luke -- Luke Scharf, Systems Administrator Virginia Tech Aerospace and Ocean Engineering ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _______________________________________________ Clamav-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users
