sigtool(1)                Clam AntiVirus               sigtool(1)



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  std-
              out.

       --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,  nocom-
              ment.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 docu-
              ment.

       --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  digi-
              tal 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 test-
       file.hex:

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

CREDITS
       Please check the full documentation for credits.

AUTHOR
       Tomasz Kojm 

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



ClamAV 0.90             February 12, 2007              sigtool(1)