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Sammaye
Asked: 2015-12-25 02:37:09 +0800 CST

How to scan multiple directories with clamav

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I know how to scan one directory:

clamscan -r /home

but for the life of me I cannot seem to get multiple directories working and I cannot seem to Google this simple problem.

I have tried:

clamscan -r /home /otherdir
clamscan -r /home,/otherdir

to no avail.

What am I doing wrong?

linux

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You have to put the list of folders/files in a text file and pass it to clamscan using -f.

    Example:
    clamscan -r -z -i --bell --file-list=/home/nav/ClamScanTheseFolders.txt

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  2. DIRTOSCAN="/home /var/spool /bin /sbin";
for S in ${DIRTOSCAN}; do
  clamscan -ri "$S" >> "$LOGFILE";
done

    Credit: https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/configure-clamav-to-scan-and-notify-virus-and-malware/

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  3. Note that currently in Debian 10, I can scan two directories by simply passing them both at the command line: 

    clamscan -irv /root/test1/ /root/test2/

    The switches stand for:

    • v: verbose, to get the output
    • i: infected only
    • r: recursive

    This will result in:

    Scanning /root/test1/a.php
Scanning /root/test2/b.php

----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------
Known viruses: 6849828
Engine version: 0.102.2
Scanned directories: 2
Scanned files: 2
Infected files: 0
Data scanned: 0.00 MB
Data read: 0.00 MB (ratio 0.00:1)
Time: 15.759 sec (0 m 15 s)
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