Zvi,

Yes, clamscan has a --max-scantime=#n option, which is measured in milliseconds.  Clamscan will check the time limit periodically and abort the scan if the time limit has been exceeded.  There is a similar config option for clamd in clamd.conf.

Disclaimer: the limit is not precise as clamscan may be busy decompressing or parsing a file in between checks.  It’s useful mostly when scanning large archives and such to abort partway through a long scan.   Ideally it would monitor the scan in a watchdog process or something so it could abort the scan more precisely but unfortunately it doesn’t work that way.

Regards,

Micah

From: clamav-users <clamav-users-bounces@lists.clamav.net> On Behalf Of Zvi Kave via clamav-users
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2020 8:04 AM
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Subject: [clamav-users] Terminate clamscan after specific time

Hi,

Is there a way to Terminate clamscan after specific time with summary ?

Regards,

Zvi