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Re: What does ls do?


 Ok, thank you. I thougt this was the reason. I try to turn of the 'scan
on open' option. But keep the 'scan on write'. And hope it will work
better.

 Jens Yllman

Earnie Boyd wrote:
> 
> --- Jens Yllman <jens@uniweb.se> wrote:
> >  What do ls realy do? The reason I wonder is because I just noticed that
> > my virus program gets triggered for every file that is in the directory
> > that where I use ls. And all the file with the right(wrong) extension
> > get search by the virusprogram. And this makes ls very slow.
> >
> 
> The best answer to your question about ls is "Use the source, Luke".  Your
> virus program must be triggered by a file being opened or even stat'ed.  If
> this is the case then all programs not just Cygwin ones will be affected.  The
> only cure that I've found is to disable the dynamic virus protection and
> periodically check your files for viruses.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
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