Any cron examples (linux) ?

[sysdevzero]

Hello, The script is helpful, just that how to automate this like to run it on an OS level cron? since it has to run on user privilege

Does [ crontab -e ] command like this will work?

20 10 * {username} cvd update >> ~/var/log/clamav/definitions-update/cvd-update.log 2>&1

[micahsnyder]

Hi! What you could do is something like this as the user which you want cvdupdate to run as:

crontab -e

Add this line:

30 */4 * * * /bin/sh -c "~/.local/bin/cvd update &> /dev/null"

I selected 30 */4 * * * to run at minute 30 past every 4th hour. cvdupdate uses a DNS check to do version checks before it attempts to download any files, just like FreshClam. Running cvdupdate more than once a day should not be an issue.

cvdupdate will write logs to the ~/.cvdupdate/logs directory, which is why I directed stdout and stderr to /dev/null instead of a log file. You can use the cvd config set command to customize the log directory if you like, or redirect stdout and stderr to a log file if you prefer everything in one log instead of separate daily logs.

[sysdevzero]

Hi Alright, thank you 👍 This is helpful for me and others to setup the daily cron

[micahsnyder]

Great! I'll close this ticket after I find time to add this info to the Readme.

[sysdevzero]

If others want to try this crontab -e command it works too. please replace username with your linux username.

30 */4 * * * /bin/sh -c "/home/username/.local/bin/cvd update &> /dev/null"