Clamd client(1) Clam AntiVirus Clamd client(1)
NAME
clamdscan - scan files and directories for viruses using Clam AntiVirus
Daemon
SYNOPSIS
clamdscan [options] [file/directory]
DESCRIPTION
clamdscan is a clamd client which may be used as a clamscan replace-
ment. It accepts all the options implemented in clamscan but most of
them will be ignored because its scanning abilities only depend on
clamd.
OPTIONS
-h, --help
Display help information and exit.
-V, --version
Print version number and exit.
-v, --verbose
Be verbose.
--quiet
Be quiet - only output error messages.
--stdout
Write all messages (except for libclamav output) to the standard
output (stdout).
--config-file=FILE
Read clamd settings from FILE.
-l FILE, --log=FILE
Save the scan report to FILE.
-f FILE, --file-list=FILE
Scan files listed line by line in FILE.
-m, --multiscan
In multiscan mode several files are scanned in parallel, one for
each available scan thread in clamd. This is achieved either
via MULTISCAN or IDSESSION requests, depending on the configura-
tion and other options. Can be combined with --fdpass (see
below)
--remove
Remove infected files. Be careful.
--move=DIRECTORY
Move infected files into DIRECTORY.
--no-summary
Do not display summary at the end of scanning.
--reload
Request clamd to reload virus database.
--fdpass
Pass the file descriptor permissions to clamd. This is useful if
clamd is running as a different user as it is faster than
streaming the file to clamd. Only available if connected to
clamd via local(unix) socket.
--stream
Forces file streaming to clamd. This is generally not needed as
clamdscan detects automatically if streaming is required. This
option only exists for debugging and testing purposes, in all
other cases --fdpass is preferred.
EXAMPLES
(0) To scan a one file:
clamdscan file
(1) To scan a current working directory:
clamdscan
(2) To scan all files in /home:
clamdscan /home
(3) To scan a file when clamd is running as a different user:
clamdscan --fdpass ~/downloads
(4) To scan from standard input:
clamdscan - <file_to_scan cat file_to_scan | clamdscan -
RETURN CODES
0 : No virus found.
1 : Virus(es) found.
2 : An error occured.
CREDITS
Please check the full documentation for credits.
AUTHOR
Tomasz Kojm <tkojm@clamav.net>
SEE ALSO
clamd(8), clamd.conf(5), clamscan(1), freshclam(1)
ClamAV 0.95.3 February 12, 2009 Clamd client(1)
Mac OS X 10.6Server - Generated Wed Apr 14 06:04:56 CDT 2010