Here is a little script that will cover most of the bases. Play around with it. I've only ever run it on my system so maybe it wont work for you. Takes about an hour on my system to run "both".
#!/bin/sh ############################################################################## # # # function: virus_scan # # Execute clamav's virus scanner on either or both of the system's # # binary or library directories. # # # # Local mail will be sent to "root" upon error or virus found and # # the log of the result will be mailed to "root" upon completion. # # # # $PATH is used to locate system binaries. # # ldconfig is used to locate system libraries. # # # ############################################################################## virus_scan() { local TEMPLOG="/tmp/virusscan.log" local CLAMCOMAND local DIR # check for a running daemon if [ "`ps -eo comm|grep clamd`" = "clamd" ]; then CLAMCOMAND="clamdscan" else CLAMCOMAND="clamscan -r" fi # Scan directories passed to the function for DIR in "$@" do echo "Scanning $DIR for viruses" $CLAMCOMAND $DIR >> $TEMPLOG 2>&1 case "$?" in '1') echo "VIRUS FOUND!! on `date`." | \ mail -s "clamav VIRUS FOUND on `date`" root ;; '2') echo "A Process error occured during clamav virus scan on `date`." | \ mail -s "clamav process error" root ;; *) ;; esac done echo "clamav virus scan result for `date`. See attached log." | \ mail -s "clamav virus scan log for `date`." -a $TEMPLOG root rm $TEMPLOG > /dev/null 2>&1 } ############################################################################### # # # function: main # # Execute clamav's virus scanner on system directories. # # # # usage: virusscan { path | lib | both } # # # ############################################################################### case "$1" in "path") virus_scan `echo $PATH | tr ':' ' '` ;; "lib") virus_scan `ldconfig -vNX | grep '^/.*:$' | awk -F: '{print $1}' | tr '\n' ' '` ;; "both") virus_scan `echo $PATH | tr ':' ' '` virus_scan `ldconfig -vNX | grep '^/.*:$' | awk -F: '{print $1}' | tr '\n' ' '` ;; *) echo "usage: virusscan {path | lib | both}" ;; esac unset virus_scan # End source ./virusscan Shawn _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html