The "--exclude-dir" option to clamscan takes a regex argument that tells clamscan to exclude the directories that match the regex.
This means that specifying: *--exclude-dir=BTC* will exclude all directories whose absolute path that match BTC (e.g. "/some/directory/BTC", "/BTC", "/some/directory/helloBTC", "/some/directory/somethingBTCsomething", "/BTC/some/other/directory) *--exclude-dir=/BTC* will exclude all directories that exclusively start with BTC as the regex matches against the absolute directory address (e.g. "/BTC", "/some/directory/BTC", "something/BTCsomething/something) If you want to exclude a very specific directory from the clamscan, you would want to use the absolute path to the directory to minimize the number of regex matches and marking the start and end of the regex accordingly. So for the case of "/BTC" which I am assuming is the absolute path to your Bitcoin Directory which you wish to exclude. I would use the command: *clamscan --recursive=yes --exclude-dir=^/BTC$* Note the usage of '^' and '$' to force the regex to only match the "/BTC" directory. For further information on clamscan options, you can refer to the clamscan man page or run *clamscan --help*. -Kevin On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 2:39 PM, ellanios82 <ellanio...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello List > > > my hope is to exclude from clamscan a Bitcoin Directory named /BTC > > - what please is the correct syntax : > > --exclude-directory=BTC > > or > > --exclude-directory=/BTC > > ?? > ............. > thanks > Ellan > > > _______________________________________________ > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: > https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq > http://www.clamav.net/support/ml > _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
