cronjob problem... any help?
 

i've setuped a cronjob to scan my server automatically with clamav and write the results in a file
the cronjob is executed under root user

the problem is:
when i login to webmin and run the job from webmin with "Run Now" button everything works fine and i get the results writed in the results file, but when the job is executed automatically executed at a selected time the result file is empty

anybody know where can be the problem?

posting the exact command you are putting in crontab may be useful in debugging this issue....

/bin/sh clamscan /home/file.zip > /home/file_scanresult.txt

Try using the full path to "clamscan" and perhaps twisting it like this:

/bin/sh /path/to/clamscan /home/file.zip 2>&1 > /home/file_scanresult.txt

Let me know if that helps.

Regards,

JM

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