# Database Info The `.info` file format specifies information about the other database files unpacked from a CVD or CLD database archive. This file exists for the purposes of validating the correctness of the official ClamAV database container files and cannot be loaded a la carte. The format is simply: ``` name:size:sha256 ``` `name`: The database file name. `size`: The size in bytes of the database. `sha256`: A SHA256 hash of the database.