.\" Manual page created by Tomasz Kojm, 20020629
 .TH "sigtool" "1" "November 11, 2003" "Tomasz Kojm" "Clam AntiVirus"

 .SH "NAME"
 .LP 

 sigtool \- generate a virus signature

 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
 .LP 
 sigtool [options]
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .LP 

 sigtool generates a virus signature using an external anti\-virus scanner which is able to detect the virus. It can also create a hexadecimal dump and build and unpack a CVD database.

 .SH "OPTIONS"
 .LP 
 
 .TP 
 \fB\-h, \-\-help\fR
 Output help information and exit.
 .TP 
 \fB\-V, \-\-version\fR

 Print version number and exit.

 .TP 
 \fB\-\-quiet\fR
 Be quiet \- output only error messages.
 .TP 
 \fB\-\-stdout\fR
 Write all messages to standard output (stdout), instead of standard error output (stderr).
 .TP 
 \fB\-\-hex\-dump\fR
 Read data from stdin and write hex string to stdout.
 .TP 
 \fB\-c, \-\-command\fR

 Anti\-virus scanner command with options. Remember about quotes if the argument string contains white characters. Command should contain everything except infected file name.

 .TP 
 \fB\-f, \-\-file\fR

 Infected file name.

 .TP 
 \fB\-s, \-\-string\fR

 Unique string from anti\-virus scanner's output when it detects the virus. In most cases it should be a virus name.
 .TP 
 \fB\-i, \-\-info\fR
 Print a CVD information and verify MD5 and a digital signature.
 .TP 
 \fB\-b, \-\-build\fR
 Build a CVD file. \-s, \-\-server is required.
 .TP 
 \fB\-\-server\fR
 ClamAV Signing Service address (for virus database developers only).
 .TP 
 \fB\-\-unpack, \-u\fR
 Unpack a selected CVD file to a current directory.
 .TP 
 \fB\-\-unpack\-current\fR
 Unpack a local CVD file to a current directory.

 .SH "EXAMPLES"
 .LP 
 .TP 
 (0) Generate hex string from testfile and save it to testfile.hex:
 
 \fBcat testfile | sigtool \-\-hex\-dump > testfile.hex\fR
 .TP 

 (1) Please check clamdoc.pdf and signatures.pdf for more example of usage.

 .SH "CREDITS"
 Please check the full documentation for credits.
 .SH "AUTHOR"
 .LP 

 Tomasz Kojm <tkojm@clamav.net>

 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .LP 

 clamd(8), clamdscan(1), clamscan(1), freshclam(1), clamav.conf(5), clamav\-milter(8)