Regexps for "OnAccess*cludePath"?
Dr Rainer Woitok via clamav-users <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Jul 2026 21:57:13 +0200
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Greetings, do the values for configuration variables "OnAccess*cludePath" really have to be absolute paths? Searching the Internet I find https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/issues/1074 https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/issues/178 https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/pull/1314 which all suggest that allowing regexps was at least discussed in 2024. But neither the documentation at https://docs.clamav.net/manual/OnAccess.html nor my local Clamav 1.5.2 file "/etc/clamav/clamd.conf.sample" contains any indication that regular expressions are supported (in contrast to configuration variable "ExcludePath"). Have these pull requests been a- bandoned? And if yes why? I hesitate to configure OnAccessIncludePath /home because I'm afraid this could cause massive delays. I would rather only specify files which really are retrieved from the Internet, as in OnAccessIncludePath /home/.+/Downloads OnAccessIncludePath /home/.+/.cache/mozilla/firefox/.+/cache2/entries Is there a way to achieve this? Sincerely, Rainer _______________________________________________ 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