rav not scanning archives by default

[Julian Field]

At 15:49 15/02/2003, you wrote:
>On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, Julian Field wrote:
>
> > What happens to the last-accessed date stamp on rav-wrapper? That will tell
> > you if it is being touched.
>
>Julian,
>
>it is touched, so I assume it has been exec'ed, but even if I call that
>script from the shell, it stays silent (no output at all).
>This is perl 5.61 here.

I get this output:
>[root at sailor lib]# ./rav-wrapper .
>
>
>RAV AntiVirus command line for Linux i686.
>Version: 8.3.1.
>Copyright (c) 1996-2001 GeCAD The Software Company. All rights reserved.
>
>Scan engine 8.9 for i386.
>Last update: Fri Feb 14 17:07:20 2003
>Scanning for 78161 malwares (viruses, trojans and worms).
>
>Scan started on Sat Feb 15 16:14:44 2003
>
>
>Scan ended on Sat Feb 15 16:14:44 2003
>
>
>Scan results:
>Time: 0 second(s).
>Objects scanned: 50. New objects: 50
>Infected: 0. Different virus bodies: 0.
>Files: 50. Directories: 2. Archives: 0. Packed: 0. Mail files: 0.
>Warnings: 0.

What do you get when you
         ls -l /usr/local/rav8/bin/ravlin8
         file /usr/local/rav8/bin/ravlin8
         ldd /usr/local/rav8/bin/ravlin8
It should be a statically linked executable, so ldd should produce an error.


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Julian Field
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