.\" Manual page created by Tomasz Kojm, 20020929
 .TH "Clam Daemon" "8" "November 11, 2003" "Tomasz Kojm" "Clam AntiVirus"
 .SH "NAME"
 .LP 
 clamd \- an anti\-virus daemon
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
 .LP 
 clamd [options]
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .LP 
 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.
 .SH "COMMANDS"
 .LP 
 clamd recognizes the following commands:
 .TP 
 \fBPING\fR
 Check the server's state. It should reply with "PONG".
 .TP 
 \fBVERSION\fR
 Print a version information.
 .TP 
 \fBRELOAD\fR
 Reload the virus databases.
 .TP 
 \fBQUIT\fR
 Perform a clean exit.
 .TP 
 \fBSCAN file/directory\fR

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

 .TP 
 \fBRAWSCAN file/directory\fR
 Scan a file or directory (recursively) with archive support disabled. A full path is required.
 .TP 
 \fBCONTSCAN file/directory\fR
 Scan a file or directory (recursively) with archive support enabled and continue scanning even when virus is found. A full path is required.
 .TP 
 \fBSTREAM\fR
 Scan stream \- on this command clamd will return "PORT number" and you can connect to that port and send a data to scan.
 .SH "OPTIONS"
 .LP 
 
 .TP 
 \fB\-h, \-\-help\fR
 Output help information and exit.
 .TP 
 \fB\-V, \-\-version\fR
 Print the version number and exit.
 .TP 
 \fB\-c FILE, \-\-config\-file=FILE\fR
 Read configuration from FILE.
 .SH "FILES"
 .LP 
 @CFGDIR@/clamd.conf
 .SH "CREDITS"
 Please check the full documentation for credits.
 .SH "AUTHOR"
 .LP 
 Tomasz Kojm <tkojm@clamav.net>
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .LP 
 clamdscan(1), clamscan(1), freshclam(1), sigtool(1), clamd.conf(5), clamav\-milter(8)