sigtool

Section: Clam AntiVirus (1)
Updated: December 19, 2004
Index Return to Main Contents
 

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
Output help information and exit.
-V, --version
Print version number and exit.
--quiet
Be quiet - output only error messages.
--stdout
Write all messages (except for libclamav output) to the standard output (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.
--html-normalise=FILE
Create normalised HTML files comment.html, nocomment.html, and script.html in current working directory.
--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 developers only).
--unpack, -u
Unpack a selected CVD file to a current directory.
--unpack-current
Unpack a local CVD file to a current directory.
-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

This document was created by man2html, using the manual pages.
Time: 00:51:04 GMT, April 20, 2025