8. An Example Startup script

#!/bin/sh 
# /etc/init.d/amavis-ramdisk
# Script to run Amavis from a ram disk.

# I keep my antiviral scanner and data files on a ramdisk for speed.
AVDIR="/usr/local/share/av.original"
RAMDISK="/usr/local/share/av.ramdisk"
AMAVISBIN="/usr/local/sbin"
AMAVISSOCK="/var/local/amavis"
[ -d $AVDIR -a -d $RAMDISK ] || exit 0
case "$1" in
start)
   mke2fs /dev/ram0 > /dev/null 2>&1
   mount /dev/ram0 $RAMDISK
   cp $AVDIR/* $RAMDISK
   if [ -S $AMAVISSOCK/amavis-milter.sock ]; then
      rm -rf $AMAVISSOCK/amavis-milter.sock
   fi
   if [ -S $AMAVISSOCK/amavisd.sock ]; then
      rm -rf $AMAVISSOCK/amavisd.sock
   fi
   nohup $AMAVISBIN/amavis-milter -p $AMAVISSOCK/amavis-milter.sock &
   $AMAVISBIN/amavisd
;;
stop)
   kill -9 `ps x | grep amavisd | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}'`2> /dev/null
   kill -9 `ps x | grep amavis-milter | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}'` 2> /dev/null
   # I need to sleep for some reason :(
   sleep 2umount /dev/ram0
;;
*)
   echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/amavis-ramdisk {start|stop}"
   exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0

Don't forget to update your antivirus data files regularly.

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