{"id":8080,"date":"2026-10-18T15:53:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T12:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/?post_type=support_article&#038;p=8080"},"modified":"2026-10-18T15:53:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T12:53:33","slug":"can-i-use-environment-variables-for-defining-exclusions-in-linux-for-elements-linux-protection-or-linux-security-64","status":"publish","type":"support_article","link":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/support-articles\/can-i-use-environment-variables-for-defining-exclusions-in-linux-for-elements-linux-protection-or-linux-security-64\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I use environment variables for defining exclusions in Linux for Elements Linux Protection or Linux Security 64?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Issue:<\/h3>\n<p>Can I use environment variables for defining exclusions in Linux for Elements Linux Protection or Linux Security 64?<\/p>\n<p>Example: $HOME\/build<\/p>\n<h3>Resolution:<\/h3>\n<p>Environment values are not supported in exclusions nor in any settings in Linux. Wildcards can be used for on-access scanning exclusions for Elements Linux Protection and Linux Security 64.<\/p>\n<p>To use the example above, <code>\/home\/*\/build<\/code>\u00a0would be nearly equivalent to the example provided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can I use environment variables for defining exclusions in Linux for Elements Linux Protection or Linux Security 64?<\/p>\n<p>Eg. $HOME\/build<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","support_article_product":[106],"class_list":["post-8080","support_article","type-support_article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"source_foreign_id":"000006276","source_version":1,"source_system":"salesforce","source_date_updated":"2026-10-18 12:53:33","import_hash":"dfcafe3a39b257d538a14daa9c44c6ba98553a3d","vanilla_article_id":"","vanilla_url":"","vanilla_kb_id":"","vanilla_category_id":"","machine_translated":false,"reactions_helpful_yes":"","reactions_helpful_no":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article\/8080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/support_article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"support_article_product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article_product?post=8080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}