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.
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> From: T?r?k Edwin <edwintorok@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Clamav-devel] what does the filter do?
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> On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:56:48 +0800
> ?? <outstandingcandy@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Hi all~
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> > 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?
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> 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.
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