Re: [clamav-users] Using a file to list exclusions for on-demand search?B

2018-01-12 Thread Paul B.
Hi Kees, Wanted to let you know that I've now got this working. I had never scripted in Linux before, but I set up your examples, then played with the exclusion syntax (to find it is indeed regex) while watching the results. Even as I ran the tests the duration kept getting smaller and smaller.

Re: [clamav-users] Using a file to list exclusions for on-demand search?

2018-01-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 05 January 2018 14:11:51 Andreas Schulze wrote: > Am 04.01.2018 um 19:37 schrieb Paul B.: > > Hi, > > I just installed ClamAv on a desktop Linux machine. I would like to > > set it up using aliases in the bashrc file, so I can do various > > kinds of file and directory scans from the

Re: [clamav-users] Using a file to list exclusions for on-demand search?

2018-01-05 Thread Andreas Schulze
Am 04.01.2018 um 19:37 schrieb Paul B.: Hi, I just installed ClamAv on a desktop Linux machine. I would like to set it up using aliases in the bashrc file, so I can do various kinds of file and directory scans from the command line. Rather than an unwieldy string of exclusions in the alias'

Re: [clamav-users] Using a file to list exclusions for on-demand search?B

2018-01-05 Thread Paul B.
Kees, it's going to take me a while to work through this, but I wanted to give you a quick big thank you, for going into all that detail. I'll get back when I have made some progress. Thanks again, Paul On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 12:50 AM, Kees Theunissen wrote: > On Thu,

Re: [clamav-users] Using a file to list exclusions for on-demand search?B

2018-01-04 Thread Kees Theunissen
On Thu, 4 Jan 2018, Paul B. wrote: >Hi, >I just installed ClamAv on a desktop Linux machine. I would like to >set it up using aliases in the bashrc file, so I can do various kinds >of file and directory scans from the command line. Rather than an >unwieldy string of exclusions in the alias'

Re: [clamav-users] Using a file to list exclusions for on-demand search?

2018-01-04 Thread Paul B.
Thanks, Micah. I just tried to set up clamdscan, but not having much luck with it. Will look at clamav again. On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 2:03 PM, Micah Snyder (micasnyd) wrote: > Presently, the only way to do exclusions is through the options for clamd in > clamd.conf. We have

Re: [clamav-users] Using a file to list exclusions for on-demand search?

2018-01-04 Thread Micah Snyder (micasnyd)
I’d like to amend my statement and say that you can exclude things, in a way, by using the --max-filesize option and similar options but it’s probably not what you’re looking for. Clamd isn’t too tough to start up, and then you can run scans with clamdscan. The only downside is it will use a

Re: [clamav-users] Using a file to list exclusions for on-demand search?

2018-01-04 Thread Micah Snyder (micasnyd)
Presently, the only way to do exclusions is through the options for clamd in clamd.conf. We have a ticket for a feature request to add a --exclude option to clamscan, but we unfortunately don’t have the time to address it anywhere in the near future. Micah Snyder Software Engineer Talos

[clamav-users] Using a file to list exclusions for on-demand search?

2018-01-04 Thread Paul B.
Hi, I just installed ClamAv on a desktop Linux machine. I would like to set it up using aliases in the bashrc file, so I can do various kinds of file and directory scans from the command line. Rather than an unwieldy string of exclusions in the alias' command line, I would like to have a file that