McAfee "extra" dat files

[Julian Field]

At 09:49 23/03/2004, you wrote:
>man uvscan sez:
>
>  --extra file
>               Specify where to find the DAT file, extra.dat.  If  you  do
>not
>               specify  this  option  in the command line, the program looks
>in
>               the same directory from where it was executed.

Ah, but do they mean the current working directory at the time the scanner
was invoked (which will be /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/.....) or the
directory containing the scanner (/usr/local/uvscan or wherever)
?

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
> > Behalf Of Julian Field
> > Sent: 22 March 2004 20:47
> > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Subject: Re: McAfee "extra" dat files
> >
> >
> > The new -wrapper script will look in /usr/local/uvscan and
> > /usr/local/uvscan/datfiles/current. The docs for uvscan say
> > you need to add
> > the --extra flag if you want to use extra.dat.
> >
> > At 17:58 22/03/2004, you wrote:
> > >The --extra switch has to be used, unless you drop
> > >the "extra.dat" file in /usr/local/uvscan.
> > >
> > >Funnily enough, I've just tested that.
> > >
> > >Cheers,
> > >
> > >Phil
> > >
> > >---------------------------------------------
> > >Phil Randal
> > >Network Engineer
> > >Herefordshire Council
> > >Hereford, UK
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: MailScanner mailing list
>[mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
> > > Behalf Of Julian Field
> > > Sent: 22 March 2004 17:54
> > > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > > Subject: McAfee "extra" dat files
> > >
> > >
> > > If they are put in the right place, will the current
> > > mcafee-wrapper use any
> > > "extra.dat" files?
> > > Or does the "--extra" command-line option have to be
> > > specified to use it?
> > > If the extra switch is needed, I find it odd no-one has
> > > mentioned it before...
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