cron jobs & application removal

[Ken Moffat]

Bob Hemus wrote:

>
>
> UNIX users:
> Use the check-updates.pl script (e.g, as a cron job) to
> update the virus signature files through the Internet.
>
> Would some one show me how or point me in the right direction.  

crontab -e
will open an editor for your cron jobs.
0 4 * * * /path/to/check-updates.pl
will run it at 4am every day.
see man crontab

Or add a script to /etc/cron.daily to run your check-updates.pl script.
(I'm on debian, YMMV)



(Critiques welcome.)

-- 
Ken