"Unable to determine path" error when using wildcards with sav manualscan for Endpoint Protection for Linux

Products

• Endpoint Protection

Issue/Introduction

When you use wildcards with a ./sav manualscan command for Symantec Endpoint Protection for Linux, you see the error "Unable to determine path."

For example, the following command:

./sav manualscan /testFolder/*

May result in this response:

Unable to stat file: /testFolder/*

Unable to determine path

Cause

Glob expansion is off, or the path with the wildcard is in quotes.

• The command ./sav manualscan does not support wildcards if glob expansion is off.
• If you enclose the path with the wildcard within quotes, such as '/testFolder/*', the glob expansion for that particular command turns off, even if glob expansion is on. 

Resolution

To turn on glob expansion:

1. In a terminal window, enter: 
   set +o noglob
   Elevated privileges are not required.
    
2. Enter the ./sav manualscan command. For example:
   ./sav manualscan /testFolder/*

To enclose a path with quotes for ./sav manualscan, use an absolute path with no wildcards. Absolute paths that do not contain wildcards work fine if they are enclosed with quotes.