1.21.0 uses many go build folders making it impossible to exclude from antivirus

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Ever since I installed go 1.21.0 I haven’t been able to use it because my antivirus blocks it. I do know how to exclude it but all the go build folders are random and there are many of it making it impossible to exclude them all. I could exclude the parent folder but the folder isn’t just for go so I still need to scan once in a while. Is there a way to configure go-build to only compile in a certain go-build folder
Error:
command-line-arguments: open C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Local\Temp\go-build3741852486\b001\exe\a.out.exe: Access is denied
Each time the go build folder changes.

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You might have better luck contacting support for your antivirus program since this is more about that and potentially less about Go specifically.

I mean - you could have a folder like “c:\buildartifacts” or something where you tell your AV program to ignore it. Then you could use go build -o c:\buildartifacts\myprogram.exe. Though I’m not 100% sure if that fixes your problem or if I’m understanding you correctly.

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Use GOCACHE in your enviroment
EX:
GOCACHE=C:\Go_workspace\go-build
Then exclude C:\Go_workspace\go-build\ from antivirus

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Thank you, but can you please explain a bit more. As in do I need to do this every go project or is this like go-build in appdata local. Also if I have to do it each time how do I make a go-build folder each time.

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I have tried other languages with similar systems like rust but just by excluding the folder I am coding.

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Also this is what happens if I try again: command-line-arguments: open C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Local\Temp\go-build3979163904\b001\exe\main.exe: Access is denied. The folder is different so I cannot exclude it.

This is and the reason before makes me think it is a problem with go making many go build folders.

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I set this in the cmd before work and i do the same in vscode.bat ( I use a bat to set the enviroment before run )
this GOCACHE=C:\Go_workspace\go-build is for ALL PROJECTS

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Sorry if I seem annoying but will it be where I installed it the folder. Should I just exclude where go-build is.
I am a bit new to go.

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SET GOCACHE={Your folder} globaly in windows configuration
Or
Make a .bat file to set this before start to build in CMD:
EX:
File: gopath.bat
SET GOCACHE=C:\Go_workspace\go-build
SET GOPATH=C:\Go_workspace
SET GOROOT=C:\Go\bin
OR
Make a .bat file seting this before open vscode.exe
File: VsCode_GO.bat
SET Path=C:\php-snap-build\deps_aux\oracle\x64\instantclient_12_1;C:\MinGW64\mingw64\bin;C:\Go\bin;C:\Go_workspace\bin;C:\Users\amichelins\go\bin;…
SET CGO_CFLAGS=-IC:/php-snap-build/deps_aux/oracle/x64/instantclient_12_1/sdk/include/
SET CGO_LDFLAGS=-LC:/php-snap-build/deps_aux/oracle/x64/instantclient_12_1/sdk/lib/msvc -loci
SET GO111MODULE=auto
SET GOPATH=C:\Go_workspace
SET GOROOT=C:\Go\bin
SET GOCACHE=C:\Go_workspace\go-build
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=C:\Go_workspace\src\gopkg.in\rana\ora.v3\contrib
CD C:\Go_workspace\src
@echo off
cls && start /b C:\Soft\VSCode_go\Code.exe

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