Copy to /etc/cron.d/pihole-update
You cannot edit the existing /etc/cron.d/pihole script as it will over-write itself on first update.
Why this isn't shipped with PiHole itself, is just fucking beyond me.
I for one LOVE SSH'ing into all my IoT devices every week to run random commands just to keep them up to date.
All hail our PHP overlords.
| # Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements | |
| # (c) 2017 Pi-hole, LLC (https://pi-hole.net) | |
| # Network-wide ad blocking via your own hardware. | |
| # | |
| # Updates pi hole every week | |
| # | |
| # This file is copyright under the latest version of the EUPL. | |
| # Please see LICENSE file for your rights under this license. | |
| # | |
| # | |
| # | |
| # Pi-hole: Update the software once a week on Sunday at a random time in the | |
| # early morning. Download any updates from the adlists | |
| # Squash output to log, then splat the log to stdout on error to allow for | |
| # standard crontab job error handling. | |
| 7 4 * * 7 root PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin/" pihole updatePihole >/var/log/pihole_update.log || cat /var/log/pihole_update.log |