Where should I post a request to have the ability added to automatically 
pass the filename or preferably the file extension of the file being 
examined into the rule.

K



On Sunday, November 1, 2015 at 3:39:05 PM UTC-5, Wesley Shields wrote:

> It is t available in YARA. You can have a script which passes it in as an 
> external variable for each file scanned, but it is less than optimal.
>
> -- WXS
>
> On Sunday, November 1, 2015, <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> That is the problem I need the extension of the file in question and not 
>> just the magic bytes.  So far I can find a way to obtain it to insert it 
>> into the rule I need to create.
>>
>> K
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, November 1, 2015 at 2:52:45 PM UTC-5, Wesley Shields wrote:
>>
>>> It is generally not a good idea to do that, file names are a property of 
>>> the filesystem and not of the file. If you really must you could use an 
>>> external variable and pass it in. There is documentation on how to do that. 
>>>
>>> You can use the magic module or write your own magic identifiers in you 
>>> rules to identify file types. 
>>>
>>> -- WXS 
>>>
>>> > On Nov 1, 2015, at 2:36 PM, [email protected] wrote: 
>>> > 
>>> > Can anyone tell me if there is an operator or some other way to create 
>>> a Yara rule that will allow me to check a file's extension i.e. .doc, 
>>> .exe?  I am unable to find something like this in the documentation. 
>>> > 
>>> > Thanks 
>>> > 
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