clamdscan(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
   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).

   -z, --allmatch
          After  a match, continue scanning within the file for additional
          matches.

   --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 <[email protected]>

SEE ALSO

   clamd(8), clamd.conf(5), clamscan(1)

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