On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:16:13 -0500
Jerry <clamav.u...@seibercom.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:05:17 +0200
> Török Edwin <edwinto...@gmail.com> articulated:
> 
> > On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:51:30 -0500
> > Wendy J Bossons <wboss...@mit.edu> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > I recently completed a project to integrate virus scanning
> > > features into an application, which uses the clamav daemon.
> > > 
> > > We are completing our documentation. I'm a little confused about
> > > the feature set between the unix version and the windows version.
> > > I have only tested using the unix version of ClamAV.  
> > 
> > Best thing to do is to test your application on windows.
> > Windows is not a POSIX compatible platform, so how can you know if
> > your application would work on it without testing?
> 
> That is not technically true: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX

... if you install something to give POSIX compat, which you can't even
install on all editions.

> 
> If one were to investigate further they would find that there are
> numerous non Windows OSs that are not fully POSIX compatible either.
> 

Yes there are incompatibilities, but at least they are not missing basic
functions. Where's mmap() on windows? You have to use a different API
if you want to do that.

Best regards,
--Edwin


_______________________________________________
Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net
http://www.clamav.net/support/ml

Reply via email to