Sorry, I may not express clearly. I want to know the what the functions in filter.c file do. I think it build a filter before scaning and get a position in the scaned file. What is the purpose to do this? Best Regards. 2010/6/26 <[email protected]>
> Send clamav-devel mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-devel > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of clamav-devel digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: what does the filter do? (T?r?k Edwin) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:47:36 +0300 > From: T?r?k Edwin <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Clamav-devel] what does the filter do? > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <20100626094736.6d17d...@debian> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:56:48 +0800 > ?? <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi all~ > > > > I am a freshman of clamav and is reading the code of clamscan > > recently. I don't know why we need a filter? Does it filter some > > files which can be confirmed not a virus? > > Do you mean the --exclude command-line parameter? > That is there for directories you'd never wish to scan like /sys, /dev > and so on. > > Best regards, > --Edwin > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > clamav-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-devel > > > End of clamav-devel Digest, Vol 69, Issue 5 > ******************************************* > _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-devel.html Please submit your patches to our Bugzilla: http://bugs.clamav.net
