Hi as well Lima, I'm not an expert either ;-)
clamdscan sends the object to be scanned to the daemon (clamd) that is usually running at all times. I've decided to call this 'server side'. clamscan is more of a 'client side' application that should ideally be used for one-off scans due to the overhead of launching it. When using any binary application, ideally you should use the full path of the object you are referring to e.g. clamdscan /path/to/file.txt or this may work if you've 'cd' to the directory clamdscan ./file.txt You have to be very specific about locations of files on the command line. It could even be that with the command you issued previously, clamdscan assumed you were referring to the root directory. Also if the daemon (clamd) is not running as 'root' then I think it will also have limited access to what it can scan. To check the permissions of the file, 'cd' to the directory and in the terminal window type: ls -l this should list all the visible files and their permissions. A. _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
