[clamav-users] /bin/mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/run/clamav’: File exists

[Dino Edwards]

Ok thanks! You really need to work on your social skills though. Here's how NORMAL people (i.e. people NOT in the autistic spectrum) would have handled this:

YOU:
"Hey I noticed the "-" prefix in "ExecStartPre=-/bin/mkdir /run/clamav" line. This does not indicate a problem, but rather a warning letting you know that the directory already exists. You don't have anything to worry about"

ME:
"Thanks! I appreciate you looking at it. You are awesome!"

See? It's simple. Just don't be a dick! Give it a try.

Thanks again!

Dino






-----Original Message-----
From: Reindl Harald [mailto:h.reindl at thelounge.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 1:08 PM
To: ClamAV users ML <clamav-users at lists.clamav.net>; Dino Edwards <dino.edwards at mydirectmail.net>
Subject: Re: [clamav-users] /bin/mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/run/clamav’: File exists



Am 17.10.18 um 18:21 schrieb Dino Edwards:
> ExecStartPre=-/bin/mkdir /run/clamav
> ExecStartPre=/bin/chown clamav /run/clamav

you don't get an error, an error is when the service don't start

"If I delete the /var/run/clamav directory, I don’t get the error, but if I restart clamd again I get the error again. I’m not sure what the problem is" - idiot there is no problem

"ExecStartPre=-/bin/mkdir /run/clamav" is prefixed with - so that the service don't fail in case the directory exists and "mkdir" natuarlly fails when a directory already exists

when you delete the directory - guess what - it get created and no warning - frankly this is not a clamav topic at all but lack of basic understanding of your system