How to scan multiple directories with clamav

Question

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?

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 15 '17 at 15:20

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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

edited Oct 15 '17 at 15:20

Nav

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answered Dec 24 '15 at 11:36

Florin Asăvoaie

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Aha, I see it on the man page now, seemed to overlook the `f` option thanks – Sammaye Dec 24 '15 at 11:42

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 08 '16 at 22:31

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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/

answered Jul 08 '16 at 22:31

storm_m2138

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 28 '20 at 04:16

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)

I can confirm that works now indeed with as many directories as you wish. This should become the new accepted answer. — Ivan Gabriele, Mar 12 '23 at 14:04

How to scan multiple directories with clamav

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