NAME

pmx-vfd - PureMessage VFind virus scanning service


SYNOPSIS

   pmx-vfd start
   pmx-vfd stop
   pmx-vfd restart
   pmx-vfd status
   pmx-vfd respawn
   pmx-vfd scan <message-file>


DESCRIPTION

The pmx-vfd program is the control program for the PureMessage VFind virus scanning service. It is used to start, stop and monitor the service used by the pmx_virus policy test. See the pmx-policy manpage for more information.

The following sub-commands are recognized:

pmx-vfd start
This will start the vfind service if it is not already running.

pmx-vfd stop
This will stop the vfind service.

pmx-vfd restart
This will restart the vfind service.

pmx-vfd status
This will print out the current status of the vfind service.

pmx-vfd respawn
This will restart the vfind processes but not restart the service itself.

pmx-vfd scan message-file
This will pass the specified message file to the vfind service for scanning and print the result.


COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2000-2008 Sophos Group. All rights reserved. Sophos and PureMessage are trademarks of Sophos Plc and Sophos Group.