If you're looking at the CLD it will be bigger, because the CLD is not compressed and the CVD is compressed. When you use diffs, it will store the database in CLD format.
Micah Snyder ClamAV Development Talos Cisco Systems, Inc. On Dec 12, 2018, at 11:23 PM, Dennis Peterson <denni...@inetnw.com<mailto:denni...@inetnw.com>> wrote: I wonder if the file size changed when Joel regenerated the daily.cvd file (or I had in unexplainable file size error). I still use all the technology but no longer for big dot coms. The patched files are larger because they have a lot of unneeded bits in them. dp On 12/12/18 7:43 AM, Paul Kosinski wrote: The daily.cvd is still less than half as big as main.cvd: -rw-r--r-- 1 clamav clamav 117892267 Jun 7 2017 main.cvd -rw-r--r-- 1 clamav clamav 53147013 Dec 11 14:03 daily.cvd but indeed using the cdiffs could save bandwidth. I never tried using cdiffs since the FAQ said "Let freshclam download the *.cvd files", and I wasn't sure if "scripted update" would actually create a proper cvd for both local mirroring *and* HAVP. Also, I figured that we were already saving lots of bandwidth by doing local mirroring instead of N separate freshclam external downloads. P.S. After retirement there is less pressure, but the technology I deal with daily (for my own purposes, rather than for pay) doesn't seem to get any simpler. _______________________________________________ clamav-users mailing list clamav-users@lists.clamav.net<mailto:clamav-users@lists.clamav.net> http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
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