[Mimedefang] Using clamdscan --fdpass

Daniel O'Connor doconnor at gsoft.com.au
Thu Jul 25 00:42:57 EDT 2013


On 25/07/2013, at 24:16, David F. Skoll <dfs at roaringpenguin.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Jul 2013 10:55:30 +0930
> "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor at gsoft.com.au> wrote:
> 
>> What about modifying the clamd routines to use IO::FDPass?
> 
> I wouldn't bother.  clamdscan already has the code to recursively traverse
> directories and pass file descriptors for each file therein (I assume).  So
> there's no point in reinventing that wheel.

So, should I add a configure arg for clamdscan?

I just realised that the FreeBSD port of MD actually runs clmadscan and clamscan because both are enabled..

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