On Sun, 15 Aug 2004, Mitch (WebCob) wrote: ; > > Please always try to _avoid_ to have cron based internet ; > services run by the ; > > hour. Please consider another value than 0. What about 17 or 41 ; > as the value ; > > for the minute? ; > ; > As per discussions on this list on awhile ago; I use the following for ; > my crontab entry ; > 0 * * * * sleep $[ $RANDOM % 1800 ] ; /usr/local/bin/freshclam --quiet ; > this causes it to sleep for a random period of time not exceeding 30 min ; > before executing. ; ; Hmmm - couldn't this THEORETICALLY result in freshclam being run every few ; seconds? ; ; I know it's random, but without a lower end on the value, it is possible - ; right?
No, the cron job only runs on the hour (minute == 0) so it will only run once per hour at a random time between hh:00 and hh:30. A. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ Clamav-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users
