<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 2002-2-1 (1.71) original version by: Nikos Drakos, CBLU, University of Leeds * revised and updated by: Marcus Hennecke, Ross Moore, Herb Swan * with significant contributions from: Jens Lippmann, Marek Rouchal, Martin Wilck and others --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Database loading</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Database loading"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="clamdoc"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="LaTeX2HTML v2002-2-1"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Style-Type" CONTENT="text/css"> <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="clamdoc.css"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node42.html"> <LINK REL="previous" HREF="node40.html"> <LINK REL="up" HREF="node39.html"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node42.html"> </HEAD> <BODY > <DIV CLASS="navigation"><!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html737" HREF="node42.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html733" HREF="node39.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html727" HREF="node40.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html735" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="contents.png"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html738" HREF="node42.html">Error handling</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html734" HREF="node39.html">API</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html728" HREF="node40.html">Header file</A> <B> <A NAME="tex2html736" HREF="node1.html">Contents</A></B> <BR> <BR></DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H3><A NAME="SECTION00073200000000000000"> Database loading</A> </H3> The following set of functions provides an interface for loading the virus database: <PRE> const char *cl_retdbdir(void); int cl_load(const char *path, struct cl_engine **engine, unsigned int *signo, unsigned int options); </PRE> <code>cl_retdbdir</code> returns the default (hardcoded) path to the directory with ClamAV databases. <code>cl_load</code> loads a single database file or all databases from a directory (if <code>path</code> points to a directory). The second argument is used for passing in the engine structure which should be previously initialized with NULL. A number of loaded signatures will be <SPAN CLASS="textbf">added</SPAN> to <code>signo</code> <A NAME="tex2html20" HREF="footnode.html#foot313"><SUP><SPAN CLASS="arabic">8</SPAN></SUP></A>. The last argument can pass the following flags: <UL> <LI><SPAN CLASS="textbf">CL_DB_STDOPT</SPAN> <BR> This is an alias for a recommended set of scan options. </LI> <LI><SPAN CLASS="textbf">CL_DB_PHISHING</SPAN> <BR> Load phishing signatures. </LI> <LI><SPAN CLASS="textbf">CL_DB_PHISHING_URLS</SPAN> <BR> Initialize the phishing detection module and load .wdb and .pdb files. </LI> <LI><SPAN CLASS="textbf">CL_DB_PUA</SPAN> <BR> Load signatures for Potentially Unwanted Applications. </LI> <LI><SPAN CLASS="textbf">CL_DB_CVDNOTMP</SPAN> <BR> Load CVD files directly without unpacking them into a temporary directory. </LI> </UL> <code>cl_load</code> returns 0 (<code>CL_SUCCESS</code>) on success and a negative value on failure. <PRE> ... struct cl_engine *engine = NULL; unsigned int sigs = 0; int ret; ret = cl_load(cl_retdbdir(), &engine, &sigs, CL_DB_STDOPT); </PRE> <P> <BR><HR> <ADDRESS> Tomasz Kojm 2008-10-15 </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>