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Clam
NAME
  clamd - an anti-virus daemon

SYNOPSIS
  clamd [options]

DESCRIPTION
  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.

COMMANDS
  clamd recognizes the following commands:

  PING Check the server's state. It should reply with "PONG".

  VERSION
       Print a version information.

  RELOAD
       Reload the virus databases.

  QUIT Perform a clean exit.

  SCAN file/directory
       Scan a file or a directory (recursively) with archive support enabled
       (if not disabled in clamd.conf). A full path is required.

  RAWSCAN file/directory
       Scan a file or directory (recursively) with archive support disabled.
       A full path is required.

  CONTSCAN file/directory
       Scan a file or directory (recursively) with archive support enabled
       and continue scanning even when virus is found. A full path is
       required.

  STREAM
       Scan stream - on this command clamd will return "PORT number" and you
       can connect to that port and send a data to scan.

OPTIONS
  -h, --help
       Output help information and exit.

  -V, --version
       Print the version number and exit.

  -c FILE, --config-file=FILE
       Read configuration from FILE.

FILES
  /usr/local/etc/clamd.conf

CREDITS
  Please check the full documentation for credits.

AUTHOR
  Tomasz Kojm <tkojm@clamav.net>

SEE ALSO
  clamdscan(1), clamscan(1), freshclam(1), sigtool(1), clamd.conf(5),
  clamav-milter(8)

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