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 clamd.conf file. It provides on\-access scanning feature (clamuko) under Linux.
Note: It's recommended to prefix clamd commands with the letter \fBn\fR (eg. nSCAN) to indicate that the command will be delimited by a newline character and that clamd should continue reading command data until a newline is read. The newline delimiter assures that the complete command and its entire argument will be processed as a single command.