NAME

File::VirusScan::Engine::Command - File::VirusScan::Engine class for command-line scanners

SYNOPSIS

use File::VirusScan::Engine::Command;
@ISA = qw( File::VirusScan::Engine::Command );

DESCRIPTION

File::VirusScan::Engine::Command provides a base class and utility methods for implementing File::VirusScan support for commandline virus scanners

CLASS METHODS

new ( $config )

Constructor. $config is a hashref with the following required values:

command

The full path to the commandline scanner to use for this engine.

INSTANCE METHODS

scan ( $path )

Generic scan() method. Takes a pathname to scan. Returns a File::VirusScan::Result object which can be queried for status.

Generally, this will be implemented by the subclass.

UTILITY METHODS FOR SUBCLASSES

_run_commandline_scanner ( $command, $match )

Runs the command given by $command. Returns the exit status of that command, and a string containing any lines of output that match the regular expression $match.

DEPENDENCIES

IO::File, File::VirusScan::Engine

AUTHOR

Dave O'Neill (dmo@roaringpenguin.com)

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2008 Roaring Penguin Software, Inc.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, or (at your option) any later version.