<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 99.2beta8 (1.46) 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 HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="LaTeX2HTML v99.2beta8"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Style-Type" CONTENT="text/css"> <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="clamdoc.css"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node41.html"> <LINK REL="previous" HREF="node39.html"> <LINK REL="up" HREF="node38.html"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node41.html"> </HEAD> <BODY > <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html717" HREF="node41.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html713" HREF="node38.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html707" HREF="node39.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html715" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="contents.png"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html718" HREF="node41.html">Error handling</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html714" HREF="node38.html">API</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html708" HREF="node39.html">Header file</A>   <B> <A NAME="tex2html716" HREF="node1.html">Contents</A></B> <BR> <BR> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H3><A NAME="SECTION00074200000000000000"> 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 <B>added</B> to <code>signo</code> <A NAME="tex2html16" HREF="footnode.html#foot292"><SUP>7</SUP></A>. The last argument can pass the following flags: <UL> <LI><B>CL_DB_STDOPT</B> <BR> This is an alias for a recommended set of scan options. </LI> <LI><B>CL_DB_NCORE</B> <BR> Initialize NodalCore and load the hardware database (if applicable). </LI> <LI><B>CL_DB_PHISHING</B> <BR> Load phishing signatures. </LI> <LI><B>CL_DB_PHISHING_URLS</B> <BR> Initialize the phishing detection module and load .wdb and .pdb files. </LI> </UL> <code>cl_load</code> returns 0 (<code>CL_SUCCESS</code>) on success and a non-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 2007-07-11 </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>