clamsubmit(1)

clamsubmit1

File submission utility for clamav

Usage

clamsubmit [options]

Overview

clamsubmit submits files to Sourcefire for further analysis.

Options

-h, -?

Display help to stderr and exit.

-e EMAIL

Required option for setting the email address for the submission.

-n FILE

Submit a file that reports as a false negative (ClamAV reports CLEAN). FILE can be - to specify stdin. Mutually exclusive with -p.

-N NAME

Required option for setting the name of the sender for the submission.

-p FILE

Submit a file that reports as a false positive (ClamAV flags the file as virus). FILE can be - to specify stdin. Mutually exclusive with -n.

-V VIRUS

The name of the virus detected as false positive. This option is required for false positive submissions.

Environment

clamsubmit uses the following environment variables:

CURL_CA_BUNDLE

(Linux/Unix only, excluding macOS) May be set to the path of a file (bundle) containing one or more CA certificates. This will override the default openssl certificate path.

Note that the CURL_CA_BUNDLE environment variable is also used by the curl command line tool for the same purpose.

Releases

8 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 6 times.

  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 10
  5. 11
  6. 12–13
  7. Arch

-V since Debian 8 (Jessie).

Author

Shawn Webb <[email protected]>

From clamav 1.5.4-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.