clamav/clamav-devel/docs/man/clamd.8

.\" Manual page created by Tomasz Kojm, 20020929
.TH "Clam Daemon" "8" "November 11, 2003" "Tomasz Kojm" "Clam AntiVirus"
.SH "NAME"
.LP 
clamd \- an anti\-virus daemon
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.LP 
clamd [options]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.LP 
The daemon listens for incoming connections on Unix or TCP socket and scans files or directories on demand. It's a part of the Clam AntiVirus package. It reads its configuration information from a clamav.conf file. It provides on\-access scanning feature (clamuko) under Linux.
.SH "COMMANDS"
.LP 
clamd recognizes the following commands:
.TP 
\fBPING\fR
Check the server's state. It should reply with "PONG".
.TP 
\fBVERSION\fR
Print a version information.
.TP 
\fBRELOAD\fR
Reload the virus databases.
.TP 
\fBQUIT\fR
Perform a clean exit.
.TP 
\fBSCAN file/directory\fR
Scan a file or directory (recursively) with archive support enabled (if not disabled in clamav.conf). A full path is required.
.TP 
\fBRAWSCAN file/directory\fR
Scan a file or directory (recursively) with archive support disabled. A full path is required.
.TP 
\fBCONTSCAN file/directory\fR
Scan a file or directory (recursively) with archive support enabled and continue scanning even when virus is found. A full path is required.
.TP 
\fBSTREAM\fR
Scan stream \- on this command clamd will return "PORT number" and you can connect to that port and send a data to scan.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.LP 

.TP 
\fB\-h, \-\-help\fR
Output help information and exit.
.TP 
\fB\-V, \-\-version\fR
Print the version number and exit.
.TP 
\fB\-c FILE, \-\-config\-file=FILE\fR
Read configuration from FILE.
.SH "CREDITS"
Please check the full documentation for credits.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.LP 
Tomasz Kojm <tkojm@clamav.net>
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.LP 
clamdscan(1), clamscan(1), freshclam(1), sigtool(1), clamav.conf(5), clamav\-milter(8)