Update virus scanner script

[Spicer, Kevin]

Drew Marshall wrote:
> All
> 
> It looks like I have managed to get myself a little confused. It seems
> like Julian's update virus scanner script automatically runs as some
> form of automated 'cron' job. I assumed that I needed to run it from
> cron, so now have my av scanners updating extremely regularly (No
> excuse for not being up todate :-) but a little over the top!) If I
> remove it from cron, do I need to execute it as a boot script or will
> just starting MS do that for me?
> 
On an rpm distribution it just drops a file into /etc/cron.hourly.  There should be a run-parts line in /etc/crontab which checks the cron.hourly directory hourly and runs the files within.




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