[Bug 943713] Re: generated crontab does not work in Japanese locale

[Fabrice Coutadeur]

** Changed in: clamtk (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: clamtk (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Fabrice Coutadeur (fabricesp)

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Title:
  generated crontab does not work in Japanese locale

Status in ClamTk front-end for Clam Antivirus:
  New
Status in “clamtk” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  In Japanese locale, `date +'%b' contains a blank space, which breaks "
  --log" option for clamscan in crontab.

  ==========
  $ crontab -l
  0 1 * * * /usr/bin/clamscan --exclude-dir=.thunderbird --exclude-dir=.mozilla-thunderbird --exclude-dir=.evolution --exclude-dir=Mail --exclude-dir=kmail --detect-pua -i -r /home/ubuntu --exclude-dir=/home/ubuntu/.clamtk/viruses --log=$HOME/.clamtk/history/$(date +\%b-\%d-\%Y).log 2>/dev/null # clamtk-scan
  ==========

  
  ==========
  $ locale | grep LC_TIME
  LC_TIME="ja_JP.UTF-8"

  $ /usr/bin/clamscan --exclude-dir=.thunderbird --exclude-dir=.mozilla-thunderbird --exclude-dir=.evolution --exclude-dir=Mail --exclude-dir=kmail --detect-pua -i -r /home/ubuntu --exclude-dir=/home/ubuntu/.clamtk/viruses --log=$HOME/.clamtk/history/$(date +\%b-\%d-\%Y).log
  ERROR: Problem with internal logger.
  ERROR: Can't open /home/ubuntu/.clamtk/history/ in append mode (check permissions!).
  ==========

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: clamtk 4.36-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic-pae 3.2.6
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic-pae i686
  ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.304
  Date: Thu Mar  1 00:38:46 2012
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120228.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: clamtk
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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