> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom Walsh
> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 1:44 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [Clamav-users] pretty basic question - clamscan vs
> clamdscan
>
>
> > The difference between up and down is that one is up and one
> > is down. Very profound, and not very helpful.  Why bother
> > answering if the answer in no way provides any explanation?
>
> Why bother responding only to chide the response for its lack of content
> with more banter with similarly lacking substance?

I was attempting to make a point.  I appolgize if my response was just
another example of the exact thing i was bashing.

>
> To answer the question in a more detailed fashion... Clamd listens on a
> socket. Clamdscan is a client interface for talking to that socket.
>
> Clamd's purpose is to avoid the performance hit of forking a new process
> to scan a file or directory.
>

Thank you for a more detailed response.

> Tom Walsh
>
> It is Friday... Can't we all just get along?
>
>

Indeed.  Its been too long a week....

Jim Maul
Eastern Long Island Hospital

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