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/usr/bin/clamonacc

An anti-virus toolkit for UNIX eis-ng backport

From clamav-1.4 1.4.3-r3 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running clamonacc --help (exit 0). permalink

           ClamAV: On Access Scanning Application and Client 1.4.3
           By The ClamAV Team: https://www.clamav.net/about.html#credits
           (C) 2024 Cisco Systems, Inc.

    clamonacc [options] [file/directory/-]

    --help                 -h          Show this help
    --version              -V          Print version number and exit
    --verbose              -v          Be verbose
    --log=FILE             -l FILE     Save scanning output to FILE
    --foreground           -F          Output to foreground and do not daemonize
    --watch-list=FILE      -W FILE     Watch directories from FILE
    --exclude-list=FILE    -e FILE     Exclude directories from FILE
    --ping                 -p A[:I]    Ping clamd up to [A] times at optional interval [I] until it responds.
    --wait                 -w          Wait up to 30 seconds for clamd to start. Optionally use alongside --ping to set attempts [A] and interval [I] to check clamd.
    --remove                           Remove infected files. Be careful!
    --move=DIRECTORY                   Move infected files into DIRECTORY
    --copy=DIRECTORY                   Copy infected files into DIRECTORY
    --config-file=FILE     -c FILE     Read configuration from FILE
    --allmatch             -z          Continue scanning within file after finding a match.
    --fdpass                           Pass filedescriptor to clamd (useful if clamd is running as a different user)
    --stream                           Force streaming files to clamd (for debugging and unit testing)
Options (16)
OptionDescriptionSource
--help-h Show this helphelp
--version-V Print version number and exithelp
--verbose-v Be verbosehelp
--log FILE-l FILE Save scanning output to FILEhelp
--foreground-F Output to foreground and do not daemonizehelp
--watch-list FILE-W FILE Watch directories from FILEhelp
--exclude-list FILE-e FILE Exclude directories from FILEhelp
--ping-p A[:I] Ping clamd up to [A] times at optional interval [I] until it responds.help
--wait-w Wait up to 30 seconds for clamd to start.help
--removeRemove infected files.help
--move DIRECTORYMove infected files into DIRECTORYhelp
--copy DIRECTORYCopy infected files into DIRECTORYhelp
--config-file FILE-c FILE Read configuration from FILEhelp
--allmatch-z Continue scanning within file after finding a match.help
--fdpassPass filedescriptor to clamd (useful if clamd is running as a different user)help
--streamForce streaming files to clamd (for debugging and unit testing)help

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.