.TH "sigtool" "1" "February 12, 2007" "ClamAV @VERSION@" "Clam AntiVirus"
.SH "NAME"
.LP 
sigtool \- signature and database management tool
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.LP 
sigtool [options]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.LP 
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.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.LP 

.TP 
\fB\-h, \-\-help\fR
Output help information and exit.
.TP 
\fB\-V, \-\-version\fR
Print version number and exit.
.TP 
\fB\-\-quiet\fR
Be quiet \- output only error messages.
.TP 
\fB\-\-stdout\fR
Write all messages to stdout.
.TP 
\fB\-\-hex\-dump\fR
Read data from stdin and write hex string to stdout.
.TP 
\fB\-\-md5 [FILES]\fR
Generate MD5 checksum from stdin or MD5 sigs for FILES.
.TP 
\fB\-\-mdb [FILES]\fR
Generate .mdb signatures for FILES.
.TP 
\fB\-\-html\-normalise=FILE\fR
Create normalised HTML files comment.html, nocomment.html, and script.html in current working directory.
.TP 
\fB\-\-utf16\-decode=FILE\fR
Decode UTF16 encoded data.
.TP 
\fB\-\-vba=FILE\fR
Extract VBA/Word6 macros from given MS Office document.
.TP 
\fB\-\-vba\-hex=FILE\fR
Extract Word6 macros from given MS Office document and display the corresponding hex values.
.TP 
\fB\-i, \-\-info\fR
Print a CVD information and verify MD5 and a digital signature.
.TP 
\fB\-b, \-\-build\fR
Build a CVD file. \-s, \-\-server is required.
.TP 
\fB\-\-server\fR
ClamAV Signing Service address (for virus database maintainers only).
.TP 
\fB\-\-unpack FILE, \-u FILE\fR
Unpack FILE (CVD) to a current directory.
.TP 
\fB\-\-unpack\-current\fR
Unpack a local CVD file (main or daily) to current directory.
.TP 
\fB\-\-diff=OLD NEW, \-d OLD NEW\fR
Create a diff file for OLD and NEW CVDs/INCDIRs.
.TP 
\fB\-\-run\-cdiff=FILE, \-r FILE\fR
Execute update script FILE in current directory.
.TP 
\fB\-\-verify\-cdiff=FILE, \-r FILE\fR
Verify DIFF against CVD/INCDIR.
.TP 
\fB\-l, \-\-list\-sigs\fR
List signature names.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.LP 
.TP 
Generate hex string from testfile and save it to testfile.hex:

\fBcat testfile | sigtool \-\-hex\-dump > testfile.hex\fR
.SH "CREDITS"
Please check the full documentation for credits.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.LP 
Tomasz Kojm <tkojm@clamav.net>
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.LP 
clamd(8), clamdscan(1), clamscan(1), freshclam(1), clamd.conf(5), clamav\-milter(8)
