File Upload via PHP and AntiVirus in Linux?

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Published on 2010-03-20T05:55:01Z Indexed on 2010/03/20 6:01 UTC
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I was wondering, if I was making a file or image hosting/transfer site, whether or not there was a good approach to check for viruses for files that users are uploading?

I was thinking of this:

Use traditional PHP file upload form to upload the file to the server.
Put files in a queue folder
Move the queue folder to a "process" folder, and replace queue folder after a predetermined limit (time, cronjob, file count, collective file size)
Run a command line virus scan on files in process folder
Place safe files in holding area for use

Is this a good approach?

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