List auto update (hosts)

Technical Support for Routers
1

Hello

I am using this list as hosts file.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists/main/hosts/ultimate.txt

I want to automate its updates without installing any new plugins like Adblock. I want to make it using only built-in features.

It is added not as main (as additional) hosts file, works perfectly. But I need to automate auto update. Like each reboot (reboot timer set n).

Probably use WGET or CURL? Is there anyone who can help to achieve that?

2

Add cron job to fetch it and update it on intervals of your choice.

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3

It needs to be updated only on reboot :sweat_smile:

4

The OpenWrt cron does not support @reboot
So you need to go through init.d instead.

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5

How? What to enter there?

6

Then , login into LuCi and add your command in rc.local.

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7

Can you provide as detailed guide as possible?
How to download file in exact folder? Or replace old one with new one?

8

/etc/rc.local is a script that gets run at every boot.

You can edit it using normal tools and add your commands to it.

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9

So what to add there?

10 
#!/bin/sh /etc/rc.common

START=99
STOP=10

start() {
    wget -O /tmp/hosts https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists/main/hosts/ultimate.txt && \
    mv /tmp/hosts /path/to/hosts/file
}

stop() {
}


chmod +x /etc/init.d/script.sh

/etc/init.d/script.sh enable
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