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
replacement. 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 the multiscan mode clamd will attempt to scan the directory
contents in parallel using available threads. This option is
especially useful on multiprocessor and multi-core systems. If
you pass more than one file or directory in the command line,
they are put in a queue and sent to clamd individually. This
means, that single files are always scanned by a single thread.
Similarly, clamdscan will wait for clamd to finish a directory
scan (performed in multiscan mode) before sending request to
scan another directory. This option 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)