Dale Walsh said: > > On Apr 24, 2005, at 19:16, Joanna Roman wrote: > >> >> If freshdb overwrite the virus databases when clamd >> was in the middle of reloading them, clamd might end >> up having loaded corrupted databases. Does everyone >> agree that such a window exists ? >> >> > > After examining the source for clamd, I have concluded that it reloads > the databases when it is either restarted or freshclam notifies it that > new db's are available so this would mean that the only way for this to > occur is that something else is modifying the db's externally. > > -- Dale
Mine is configured to check the tables every 600 seconds regardless of what freshclam is doing. My understanding is if a new database is available it will attempt to load it. I don't know what it might do if only part of a new database is found (as it might be when in transit). However, freshclam will advise it when the database is fully downloaded. dp _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
