sigtool
Section: Clam AntiVirus (1)
Updated: December 19, 2004
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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, and build/unpack CVD databases. It's also to verify digital signatures of databases and list virus signature names.
OPTIONS
- -h, --help
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Output help information and exit.
- -V, --version
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Print version number and exit.
- --quiet
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Be quiet - output only error messages.
- --stdout
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Write all messages (except for libclamav output) to the standard output (stdout).
- --hex-dump
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Read data from stdin and write hex string to stdout.
- --md5 [FILES]
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Generate MD5 checksum from stdin or MD5 sigs for FILES.
- --html-normalise=FILE
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Create normalised HTML files comment.html, nocomment.html, and script.html in current working directory.
- --vba=FILE
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Extract VBA/Word6 macros from given MS Office document.
- --vba-hex=FILE
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Extract Word6 macros from given MS Office document, and
display the corresponding hex values.
- -i, --info
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Print a CVD information and verify MD5 and a digital signature.
- -b, --build
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Build a CVD file. -s, --server is required.
- --server
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ClamAV Signing Service address (for virus database developers only).
- --unpack, -u
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Unpack a selected CVD file to a current directory.
- --unpack-current
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Unpack a local CVD file to a current directory.
- -l, --list-sigs
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List signature names.
EXAMPLES
- Generate hex string from testfile and save it to testfile.hex:
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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
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- EXAMPLES
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- CREDITS
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- AUTHOR
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- SEE ALSO
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