On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 01:03:18PM -0700, Chris Purves wrote:
> >- Create a directory in /tmp. In that directory create soft links that 
> >reference
> >your files. Run clamscan on the links. Check the logs for viruses. Delete
> >the links. Delete the directory.
> >
> This sounded like a good idea, so I gave it a try.  After spending a few 
> hours to script the softlinks I got it to work for small file lists, but 
> it still doesn't work for lots of files (~5000).  When I run 'clamscan 
> /tmp/clamscan/*' I get the following error:
> 
> /usr/bin/clamscan: Argument list too long

Try: clamscan --recursive /tmp/clamscan/

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