man clamdscan (Commandes) - scan files and directories against viruses using Clam AntiVirus Daemon
NAME
clamdscan - scan files and directories against viruses using Clam AntiVirus Daemon
SYNOPSIS
clamdscan [options] [file/directory]
DESCRIPTION
clamdscan is a simple clamd client which may be used as a clamscan replacement. clamdscan accepts all the options implemented in clamscan but most of them will be ignored because its scanning abilities only depend on clamd. clamdscan is a part of the Clam AntiVirus package.
OPTIONS
- -h, --help
- Output help information and exit.
- -V, --version
- Print version number and exit.
- -v, --verbose
- Be verbose. This option causes clamscan to print many additional informations.
- --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.
- --remove
- Remove infected files. Be careful.
- --move=DIRECTORY
- Move infected files into DIRECTORY.
- --no-summary
- Do not display summary at the end of scanning.
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
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>