[Clamav-users] handling database updates

2004-12-01 Thread spamdetect
Hello! I'm working on an smtp content filter which does virus scanning with libclamav (I do not use any clamav daemon). I pondered about how to handle av database updates and want to find an elegant solution not want to stop and start the filter daemon. I tried the following: when my content

Re: [Clamav-users] handling database updates

2004-12-01 Thread Tomasz Kojm
On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 10:41:57 +0100 (CET) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: when my content filter daemon starts, it calls a function called init_cl(). when I upgrade the av database I send a HUP signal to my daemon and call reload_cl(). It should be called periodically and not only depend on SIGHUP.

[Clamav-users] handling database updates

2004-12-01 Thread spamdetect
Hello Tomasz! Ok, I'll check for database updates in every hour (or shall I do that more often?) But I would like to know what code is preferred doing so. I tried the following: void init_cl(){ int ret, no=0; if((ret = cl_loaddbdir(cl_retdbdir(), root, no))){ syslog(LOG_PRIORITY,

Re: [Clamav-users] handling database updates

2004-12-01 Thread Dennis Peterson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Tomasz! Ok, I'll check for database updates in every hour (or shall I do that more often?) But I would like to know what code is preferred doing so. I tried the following: This appears to have nothing to do with improving the ClamAV project. Not that I'm a topic