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sigtool

Section: Clam AntiVirus (1)
Updated: February 12, 2007
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NAME

sigtool - signature and database management tool  

SYNOPSIS

sigtool [options]  

DESCRIPTION

sigtool can be used to generate MD5 checksums, convert data into hexadecimal format, list virus signatures and build/unpack/test/verify CVD databases and update scripts.  

OPTIONS

-h, --help
Output help information and exit.
-V, --version
Print version number and exit.
--quiet
Be quiet - output only error messages.
--stdout
Write all messages to stdout.
--hex-dump
Read data from stdin and write hex string to stdout.
--md5 [FILES]
Generate MD5 checksum from stdin or MD5 sigs for FILES.
--mdb [FILES]
Generate .mdb signatures for FILES.
--html-normalise=FILE
Create normalised HTML files comment.html, nocomment.html, and script.html in current working directory.
--utf16-decode=FILE
Decode UTF16 encoded data.
--vba=FILE
Extract VBA/Word6 macros from given MS Office document.
--vba-hex=FILE
Extract Word6 macros from given MS Office document and display the corresponding hex values.
-i, --info
Print a CVD information and verify MD5 and a digital signature.
-b, --build
Build a CVD file. -s, --server is required.
--server
ClamAV Signing Service address (for virus database maintainers only).
--unpack FILE, -u FILE
Unpack FILE (CVD) to a current directory.
--unpack-current
Unpack a local CVD file (main or daily) to current directory.
--diff=OLD NEW, -d OLD NEW
Create a diff file for OLD and NEW CVDs/INCDIRs.
--run-cdiff=FILE, -r FILE
Execute update script FILE in current directory.
--verify-cdiff=FILE, -r FILE
Verify DIFF against CVD/INCDIR.
-l, --list-sigs
List signature names.
 

EXAMPLES

Generate hex string from testfile and save it to testfile.hex:

cat testfile | sigtool --hex-dump > testfile.hex

 

CREDITS

Please check the full documentation for credits.  

AUTHOR

Tomasz Kojm <tkojm@clamav.net>  

SEE ALSO

clamd(8), clamdscan(1), clamscan(1), freshclam(1), clamd.conf(5), clamav-milter(8)


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
EXAMPLES
CREDITS
AUTHOR
SEE ALSO

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