Brian Morrison wrote: > Dennis Peterson wrote: > >> So I currently have a main.cvd and a daily.cld, both files. Is this what >> 0.93 uses or will main.cvd be swapped out with a cld container at some >> point? > > And might someone explain what this change is about, how it improves > performance or whatever? I had assumed that the change to using .inc > directories allowed various different signatures to be held in separate > files, so how does the .cld format differ from that? Is it purely a > container format with a wrapper around the different signature databases > that indexes them? > > I'm just interested in the reasons for this and have not been following > the devel list or process. >
The cld file is a container format (like but not tar or rar). That would imply it is possible for freshclam to dl any of the parts of it on a signature update without having to dl the entire file. It's an evolution of the .inc directory. In the case of my systems, one has a main.cvd and the other has a main.cld file. Both systems started off with empty datbase directories following the new install. I'm curious why they're different. dp _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
