That was it. Thank you! ________________________________ From: clamav-users <[email protected]> on behalf of Masaru Nomiya via clamav-users <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 9, 2026 19:40 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Cc: Masaru Nomiya <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [clamav-users] clamscan can't process excluded-dir
Hello, In the Message; Subject : [clamav-users] clamscan can't process excluded-dir Message-ID : <bl0pr06mb444982a20d2925719966c501d6...@bl0pr06mb4449.namprd06.prod.outlook.com> Date & Time: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 02:16:08 +0000 [EG] == Ernie Grossmann via clamav-users <[email protected]> has written: EG> Hello. Recently, clamscan stopped processing the '--exclude-dir' EG> option. I'm using the Ubuntu LTS package (1.4.3) and cannot EG> figure out what the issue might be. I run the same scan on two EG> different computers, yet only one of them throws these errors. I EG> have uninstalled/reinstalled clamav to no avail. I'm running as EG> root and the directories do exist. Tried with and without quotes EG> and with and without trailing slash for the excluded directory. I EG> compared environments (printenv) and they are the same other than EG> variables that change (PIDs, etc.). EG> >From Konsole: EG> # clamscan -ir exclude-dir=/usr/bin/ /usr EG> exclude-dir=/usr/bin/: No such file or directory EG> WARNING: exclude-dir=/usr/bin/: Can't access file exclude-dir=/usr/bin/ /usr --> --exclude-dir=/usr/bin/ /usr Best regards. -- ┏━━┓彡 Masaru Nomiya mail-to: nomiya @ lake.dti.ne.jp ┃＼／彡 ┗━━┛ "It was a sin to be delicious. -- Abstinence preached by Christianity." -- "The History of the mind in French Cuisine" Chikako Hashimoto (in JP) -- _______________________________________________ Manage your clamav-users mailing list subscription / unsubscribe: https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.clamav.net%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fclamav-users&data=05%7C02%7C%7C64eb264f09284ac1993b08de684dd6e5%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639062880766320838%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2FXhIHUzj2xcZMekLLE8RcjuTLAxZI9jeY5lZKAuu%2BFE%3D&reserved=0<https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users> Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FCisco-Talos%2Fclamav-documentation&data=05%7C02%7C%7C64eb264f09284ac1993b08de684dd6e5%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639062880766356954%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=JrQY2pfgUpVW2Kl5e%2FO%2F%2BIfyOC%2F0lIRONENKNXSz0xk%3D&reserved=0<https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav-documentation> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.clamav.net%2F%23mailing-lists-and-chat&data=05%7C02%7C%7C64eb264f09284ac1993b08de684dd6e5%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639062880766389859%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2BHchXf8aKYpn4Q9nWS51HIrwxvt%2BmgMnF37sBXh9h8I%3D&reserved=0<https://docs.clamav.net/#mailing-lists-and-chat>
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