05-05-2019, 07:41 AM
Hi,
I'm trying to create a cron job for clamav to do a scan of the home directory once a week. I made this script in /etc/cron.weekly/ :
following instructions from https://askubuntu.com/questions/749129/h...daily-scan. I looked in crontab but can't see any evidence of a new job there:
Am I missing a step? Is there a better way to achieve automatic weekly scans?
**edit:
I deleted the script in /etc/cron.weekly and instead added this cronjob to /etc/crontab
This should update the malware database and scan the entire system every sunday at 6pm and write it to a text file I hope. Have I done this correctly and is there a way to dynamically append the current date to the name of the virus-scan text file?
I'm trying to create a cron job for clamav to do a scan of the home directory once a week. I made this script in /etc/cron.weekly/ :
Code:
#!/bin/sh
clamscan -r /home/osamu/ | grep FOUND >> /home/osamu/virus-scan-reports/virus-scan-report.txtCode:
# m h dom mon dow user command
17 * * * * root cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly
25 6 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )
47 6 * * 7 root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly )
52 6 1 * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly )
#Am I missing a step? Is there a better way to achieve automatic weekly scans?
**edit:
I deleted the script in /etc/cron.weekly and instead added this cronjob to /etc/crontab
Code:
0 18 * * SUN root rm -rf /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log
1 18 * * SUN root freshclam
2 18 * * SUN root clamscan -r -i / | grep FOUND >> /home/osamu/virus-scan-reports/virus-scan-report.txtThis should update the malware database and scan the entire system every sunday at 6pm and write it to a text file I hope. Have I done this correctly and is there a way to dynamically append the current date to the name of the virus-scan text file?
