Very interesting to know. Sadly that doesn't help. I added --exclude-dir="C:\\PROGRA~2\\" --exclude-dir="C:\\PROGRA~1\\" and tried running in both PowerShell and CMD, no success, it always ends up scanning Program Files.
Richard Am Sa., 28. Jan. 2023 um 16:44 Uhr schrieb Lyle Giese via clamav-users < clamav-users@lists.clamav.net>: > I would try the 'short' names of these directories. > > dir /X c:\ > > And yes the /X is case sensitive. /X displays the short names. > > Lyle Giese > > > On 1/28/23 08:58, clamav.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: > > If it's expecting a regex, perhaps try: > > --exclude-dir="/mnt/c/Program Files \(x86\)/" > > without the quotes, that would probably be: > > --exclude-dir=/mnt/c/Program\ Files\ \\(x86\\)/ > > > > Depending on the flavour of regex used, the parentheses may indicate > > grouping in the regex, so may need to be escaped with a backslash to > > match literal parentheses. In the second example, the backslashes > > forming part of the regex need to be escaped themselves to avoid being > > interpreted specially by the shell. > > > > I'm not on Windows so can't try those to see if they do work - it was > > just a thought that might (or might not) help. > > > > Mark. > > > > > > Richard Rosner via clamav-users wrote: > >> Hey Marc, > >> that doesn't seem to be always the solution. In fact, I just > >> installed clamscan in a Debian based WSL (1) instance, same problem. > >> Only difference: exclusion of Program Files seems to work, but not of > >> Program FIles (x86). I tried both --exclude-dir=/mnt/c/Program\ > >> Files\ \(x86\)/ and --exclude-dir="/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/". > >> Didn't help. > >> > >> Richard > >> > >> Am Sa., 28. Jan. 2023 um 13:04 Uhr schrieb newcomer01 via > >> clamav-users <clamav-users@lists.clamav.net > >> <mailto:clamav-users@lists.clamav.net>>: > >> > >> Hello Richard, > >> > >> maybe it is now time to switch to Linux? 😉 > >> Here we have lot of options to exculde and include paths for > >> scanning (with regex support too) 😉 > >> Sorry, i have no experience with clamav on Win as reason that I > >> switched long time ago to Ubuntu LTS > >> But filesize problems while scan we have on Linux too. > >> > >> Hope that someone other user can support you with the Win Version of > >> clamav. > >> > >> kind regards, > >> Marc > >> > >> > >> Von / From: Clamav User Mailinglist > >> <mailto:clamav-users@lists.clamav.net > >> <mailto:clamav-users@lists.clamav.net>> > >> An / To: Newcomer01 <mailto:newcome...@posteo.de > >> <mailto:newcome...@posteo.de>> > >> CC / CC: Richard Rosner <mailto:rrosn...@gmail.com > >> <mailto:rrosn...@gmail.com>> > >> Gesendet / Sent: Samstag, Januar 28, 2023 um 12:49 (at 12:49 PM) > >> +0100 > >> Betreff / Subject: [clamav-users] clamscan exclude-dir on Windows > >> > Hi, > >> > I'm trying to make a full scan of my PC with clamscan.exe on > >> Win10. Unfortunately, my C Volume is too big and my PC too slow to > >> finish the scan in a day. So of course when I start it the next day, > >> I want to exclude larger directories that already have been scanned. > >> That works great with some directories, but I just can't figure out > >> a way to exclude C:\Program Files\ and C:\Program Files (x86)\ from > >> the scan. And I did try many variations. "C:\\Program Files > >> (x86)\\", "C:\\Program Files*\\", %ProgramFiles(x86)%\\, > >> C:\\"Program Files (x86)"\\ or "C:\\Program^ Files^ ^(x86^)\\" but > >> nothing works. Sadly, Googling for that also doesn't bring up > >> anything helpful. > >> > > >> > Can anybody make any suggestions? And could such tips be included > >> to the documentation or somewhere else? > >> > > >> > Best Greeting > >> > Richard > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > > >> > Manage your clamav-users mailing list subscription / unsubscribe: > >> > https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users > >> > > >> > > >> > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: > >> > https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav-documentation > >> > > >> > https://docs.clamav.net/#mailing-lists-and-chat > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> > >> Manage your clamav-users mailing list subscription / unsubscribe: > >> https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users > >> > >> > >> Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: > >> https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav-documentation > >> > >> https://docs.clamav.net/#mailing-lists-and-chat > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> > >> Manage your clamav-users mailing list subscription / unsubscribe: > >> https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users > >> > >> > >> Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: > >> https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav-documentation > >> > >> https://docs.clamav.net/#mailing-lists-and-chat > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Manage your clamav-users mailing list subscription / unsubscribe: > > https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users > > > > > > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: > > https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav-documentation > > > > https://docs.clamav.net/#mailing-lists-and-chat > _______________________________________________ > > Manage your clamav-users mailing list subscription / unsubscribe: > https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users > > > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: > https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav-documentation > > https://docs.clamav.net/#mailing-lists-and-chat >
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