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