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<H2><A NAME="SECTION00061000000000000000"></A><A NAME="clamd"></A>
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Clam daemon
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<code>clamd</code> is a multi-threaded daemon that uses <SPAN CLASS="textit">libclamav</SPAN> |
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to scan files for viruses. It may work in one or both modes listening on:
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<LI>Unix (local) socket
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<LI>TCP socket
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The daemon is fully configurable via the <code>clamd.conf</code> file
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HREF="footnode.html#foot211"><SUP><SPAN CLASS="arabic">5</SPAN></SUP></A>. <code>clamd</code> recognizes the following commands: |
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<LI><SPAN CLASS="textbf">PING</SPAN> |
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Check the daemon's state (should reply with "PONG").
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<LI><SPAN CLASS="textbf">VERSION</SPAN> |
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Print program and database versions.
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<LI><SPAN CLASS="textbf">RELOAD</SPAN> |
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Reload the databases.
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<LI><SPAN CLASS="textbf">SHUTDOWN</SPAN> |
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Perform a clean exit.
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<LI><SPAN CLASS="textbf">SCAN file/directory</SPAN> |
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Scan file or directory (recursively) with archive support
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<LI><SPAN CLASS="textbf">RAWSCAN file/directory</SPAN> |
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Scan file or directory (recursively) with archive and special file
support disabled (a full path is required).
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<LI><SPAN CLASS="textbf">CONTSCAN file/directory</SPAN> |
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Scan file or directory (recursively) with archive support
enabled and don't stop the scanning when a virus is found.
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<LI><SPAN CLASS="textbf">MULTISCAN file/directory</SPAN> |
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Scan file in a standard way or scan directory (recursively) using
multiple threads (to make the scanning faster on SMP machines).
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<LI><SPAN CLASS="textbf">STREAM</SPAN> |
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Scan stream: <code>clamd</code> will return a new port number you should
connect to and send data to scan.
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<LI><SPAN CLASS="textbf">SESSION, END</SPAN> |
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Start/end a <code>clamd</code> session - you can do multiple commands
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<SPAN CLASS="textbf">RELOAD</SPAN> command will break the session). |
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and reacts on the special signals:
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<LI><SPAN CLASS="textbf">SIGTERM</SPAN> - perform a clean exit |
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<LI><SPAN CLASS="textbf">SIGHUP</SPAN> - reopen the log file |
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<LI><SPAN CLASS="textbf">SIGUSR2</SPAN> - reload the database |
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