I know there is a socket command for clamd that can tell clamd to reload the
virus defintion databases.
Is this something that clamd does on its own after a set period of time? Or
is there maybe a helper application (clamdscan with a command line switch?)
that could trigger this behavior?
I
Yes, if a new database is installed, then you should see something like
this:
SelfCheck: Database modification detected. Forcing reload.
SelfCheck: Integrity OK
Goodbye!
P.s.: I don't know if there is a way to tell clamd explicitly that a new
virus database is installed and it should r