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.
COMMANDS
clamd recognizes the following commands:
PING
Check the server's state. It should reply with "PONG".
VERSION
Print a version information.
RELOAD
Reload the virus databases.
QUIT
Perform a clean exit.
SCAN file/directory
Scan a file or a directory (recursively) with archive support enabled (if not disabled in clamd.conf). A full path is required.
RAWSCAN file/directory
Scan a file or directory (recursively) with archive support disabled. A full path is required.
CONTSCAN file/directory
Scan a file or directory (recursively) with archive support enabled and continue scanning even when virus is found. A full path is required.
STREAM
Scan stream - on this command clamd will return "PORT number" and you can connect to that port and send a data to scan.
