Autoupdate

[Valmiki N. Ramsewak]

On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 03:43:55PM -0500, Matt wrote:
> I am using autoupdate script provided with mailscanner to keep f-prot up to
> date.  What has been strange lately is that it always says that everything
> is already up to date and there is nothing to be done.  It does seem to be
> updating on occassion though because the files have been kept up to date.
> Any idea why?
>
> I use this script to call autoupdate in cron.daily.
>
> #!/bin/bash
> perl /usr/local/f-prot/autoupdate
> exit 0
>
> The other thing.  I noticed there is a quiet option in the autoupdate
> script.  Right now I have it set to 0 since I want to know its working.
> Getting an email in my admin account everyday gets old though.  It would be
> so much nicer if it was silent unless it actually found an update.  That way
> I would only get a message every few days when it did actually update and I
> could check for updates more frequently.  Is that possible?
>
Sure it is. I'm not sure what the output looks like. But essentially compare the two outputs.... look for something different and run a an if statement thru.....

thats how i would do it

valmiki