On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 01:31:59AM +0300, Semih Gokalp wrote: > Thanks Sven for reply. > > My freshclam cron files like below: > > 8 */1 * * * clamav [ -x /usr/bin/freshclam ] > > i only removed "&& /usr/bin/freshclam >/dev/null" so cron is still > running. The *cron* is still running. But the job doesn't *do* anything... All it has is one command: to test whether /usr/bin/freshclam is executable or not. The "&& /usr/bin/freshclam" bit you removed was the bit actually doing the work... > I looked syslog and its contain the fallowing message: > > May 13 00:08:01 server /USR/SBIN/CRON[1644]: (clamav) CMD ([ -x > /usr/bin/freshclam ]) > > it is update virus database ? or am i think wrong ? and if i make this,what > kind of harm to my system ? Nope. this doesn't do anything. But obviously cron is blissfully unaware of this - it just executes the commands, and tells you that in the log... -- Karl E. Jorgensen karl@jorgensen.org.uk http://www.jorgensen.org.uk/ karl@jorgensen.com http://karl.jorgensen.com ==== Today's fortune: Three o'clock in the afternoon is always just a little too late or a little too early for anything you want to do. -- Jean-Paul Sartre
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